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MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA 



Incluijing the " Genealogical Memoranda " of Charles 

Pierce Merriam, the Collections of James Sheldon 

Merriam, etc. 



COMPILED BY CHARLES HENRY POPE 



BOSTON, MASS. 

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES H. POPE 

221 Columbus Avenue 

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s Introduction 



The impulse to make this book came from one who was bom 
in New England, but long resident in Old England, Mr. Charles 
Pierce Merriam, whose personal biography is written in its 
order at No. loio. Not content with having spent more than 
a thousand dollars and much labor of investigation and super- 
vision of others' work in the production of an exhaustive presen- 
tation of the documentary history of the Merriams of Kent, he 
felt a desire to see a genealogj' of the American family and 
was ready to bear a good share in the cost of securing it. So 
when he and Mrs. Merriam were in Boston on a visit in Novem- 
ber, 1905, he inquired for a suitable person to com{)ile and pub- 
lish such a work, and in a few weeks had organized a committee 
and outlined a course of procedure, leaving his Good Samari- 
tan payment when he sailed, as the nucleus of a fund and a 
token of the generous financial aid he was to give in succeeding 
months. 

The committee who ventured upon and have carried through 
this enterprise, advancing money and giving their influence and 
advice freely, are : 

Charles Pierce Merriam, of London, chairman. 

John McKinstry Merriam, of South Framingham and 
Boston, secretary and treasurer. 

Henry Harrison Merriam, of Worcester. 

Charles Merriam, 2d, of Weston. 

Josei)h Merriam, of Middletown, Ct. 

Through all the agencies of correspondence and research 
known to the genealogical profession the work was undertaken 
by the compiler without delay ; and scores of willing responses 
came from mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers of the 
broad family, supplying the information needed to supplement 
that derived from published books and public records. Here- 
with let every one of these generous souls take the writer's 



IV INTRODUCTION 

hearty thanks. The name of one daughter of the family is 
specially worthy of mention, — Miss Mary Bates Merriam 
(see No. 554), — who had made a fine collection of records, 
newspaper cuttings, and letters on the family history, and kept 
in touch with the authors of printed and manuscript gene- 
alogies for years ; and has most courteously furnished all these 
treasures for the inspection and assistance of the writer. 

The histories of Concord, Bedford, Lexington, Ashburnham, 
Westminster, Cambridge, Gardner, Grafton, and Oxford in 
this state. Mason, N. H., and Waterbury, Ct., have furnished 
a great deal of help; other publications have added something. 
The printed records of towns have been of much assistance as 
tests of investigations already made by one and another. Every 
reasonable effort has been made to carry out each line and 
locate every person of the family ; failures to answer our letters 
are responsible for most omissions or errors. 

But all the while there had been tliree definite pieces of gene- 
alogical work done upon this family in America : Mr. Rufus Nich- 
ols Meriam, of Worcester (No. 476), after some correspondence 
and research, prepared an article on the subject, which he read 
before the Worcester Antiquarian Society, and afterward pub- 
lished with the title, "Some Meriams and Their Connection 
with Other Families;" he also gathered much information sub- 
sequently, which he copied into several manuscript volumes, 
and gave to the Society ; the compiler has had access to them by 
the courtesy of the librarian, and has found some things there 
which he had been unable to get from other sources. Mr. 
jNIeriam's work was of a pleasant, chatty sort, including many 
things which could not well be incorporated in this larger work. 

The second work which saw the light was that of Mr. Will- 
iam Sumner Appleton, of Boston, a great-grandson of No. ig, 
q.v.; he had discovered the will of the father of the "three 
brothers," who came here as pioneers, and his little pamphlet, 
"The Merriam Family of Massachusetts," was a very work- 
manlike affair. He presented the first four generations of the 
family here, omitting, however, one group of them, which had 
been treated in a town history. His work merits high honor, 
and made a fine basis for the beginning of the study by this 
compiler. 

Meanwhile, the third laborer had done vastly more than 
both the men described, yet had not ventured to put anything 



INTRODUCTION V 

in print. Mr. James Sheldon Merriam (No. 653) began be- 
fore either of the others, we beheve, to collect facts and arrange 
them in order as for a book ; he gave many a point to R. N. M. 
while he was preparing his paper, and whole pedigrees to the 
Dictionary publishers and scores of other "inquiring friends." 
He accumulated hundreds of family records, embracing indi- 
viduals into the thousands, through long and persistent cor- 
respondence and investigations, at large expense, for many 
years. The writer of this work knew nothing of this vast com 
pilation till he had gone over much of the same ground, and a 
good deal more; but on learning of it, he did not rest till he 
had arranged for the combination of the two compilations in 
the present work, by the very generous consent of Mr. Merriam. 
Not less than a hundred and fifty family records came to this 
book from his ledger-like manuscript volumes, which the 
writer had been unable to procure other\vise, and many a note 
and detail for other records. Either compilation might have 
been ]jul;lished separately and made a very respectable gene- 
alogy; but the two combined constitute a far worthier work. 

In the pages which follow, the reader will first find a reprint 
of the larger part of Mr. Charles Pierce Merriam's lx)ok from 
title and preface to the conclusion of what definitely relates to 
the American family. Then begins the real genealogy, which 
passes on through twelve generations, from the Kent progenitor. 
In the Appendix we give the Revolutionary Records of this 
Commonwealth relating to this family and other matter. We 
suggest that readers make use of the indexes and the Appendix 
as well as the main body of the book. 

At every point of a work like this, the liability to error accom- 
panies a writer ; he may copy wrongly or read proofs shabbily ; 
his correspondents may have erred in their records or copies; 
the books quoted may have contained faulty statements ; some- 
times two families may be confused. But it may be believed 
that the general course of the book is correct, and the large 
majority of its lines true. 

May it unite relatives, stimulate proper family feeling, nerve 
to still higher living in imitation of the worthy kindred, who 
have finished their earthly course and entered into their rest and 
reward. 

Charles Henry Pope. 

Boston, Mass., June, 1906. 



Illustrations 



PORTRAITS 

Charles Pierce Merriam 
Hon. Clinton Levi Merriam 
Cyrus Knapp Merriam, M. D. 
Gen. Ela Merriam 
Ela Nathaniel Merriam 

6. Maj.-Gen. Henry Clay Merriam 

7. Horace Merriam 

8. Horatio Cooke Merriam, Esq. 

9. James Sheldon Merriam, Esq. 

10. Leonard Brooks Merriam 

11. Levi Parsons Merriam 

12. Lewis Merriam, ok Greenfield 
13- Lewis Merriam, of Houlton 

14. Marshall Merriam, M. D. . 

15. Judge Nathaniel Merriam . 

16. RuFUS Nichols Meriam 

17. Lt.-Col. Waldo Merriam 

18. Ex-Gov. William Rush Merriam 

VIEWS 

19. Buildings of British Xylonite Company 

20. Homewood, Locust Grove, N. Y. 

21. Meriam's Corner, Concord 

FACSIMILE" 

22. Section of Subsidy Roll 



• In the Appendix see facsimiles of pages relating to Merriams in 
Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution." 



PACING PAGE 

376 
186 
320 

374 
269 
280 
323 

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288 
308 
240 
172 
140 
246 
462 
442 



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464 



' Massachusetts 



GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA 



RELATING TO THE 



FAMILY OF MERRIAM 

BY 

CHARLKS PIERCE MKRRIAM 

ANb 

C. E. GILDERSOME-DICKINSON 



LONDON 

PRIVATELY PRINTED AT THE CIIISWICK PRESS 

1900 



Preface 

(To Genealogical Memoranda) 



The name of Merriam is now a distinctly American name. 

Although in 1638, when Robert, George, and Joseph Mer- 
riam, ^the sons of William Merriam, of Hadlow, in Kent, 
emigrated, and settled at Concord in Massachusetts, there 
were living at several places in Kent, as is shown by these 
evidences, a number of people l^earing the name, it has now, 
as far as is known, cjuite died out in that county, and as re- 
gards the English branch, altogether in England. 

The writer of this preface, who was Ix)rn in .\merica, being 
great-great-grandson of Nathan Merriam mentioned in Mr. 
W. S. Appleton's pamphlet, " The Family of Merriam of 
Massachusetts" (1892), has been for a number of years the 
only Merriam in the London Directory, and, during a resi- 
dence in London of nearly thirty years, has only come across 
English representatives of the name two or three times. About 
twenty-five years ago there was in the London Directory the 
name of William Merriam (since dead) whose father came 
from Maidstone in Kent. It is remarkable that on the 27th 
June, 1889, there died at Linton, in Kent, John George Mer- 
riam, stonemason. Linton is the next parish to Boughton 
Monchelsca, where among many Merriam records we have 
the will of John Meryham, mason, 1455. One may almost 
assume that the name of John and the trade of mason had 
gone from father to son for over four hundred years. 

The only place in Great Britain, where apparently the 
name has lived on, is Pembrokeshire, where there was in the 
sixteenth century a manor of Meriham or Myrrj'am ; and 
where, that is to say in the town of Tenby, about fifteen years 
back, Mr. John Merriam was living, who knew that his fam- 
ily had been resident in Pembrokeshire for one hundred and 
thirty years. 



XU - PREFACE 

In America, on the other hand, the descendants of the 
three brothers have become, if not very numerous, at any 
rate a fairly good number, if one may judge by the compara- 
tive frequency of the name. 

It is a matter for the greatest regret that the birth and mar- 
riage of William Merriam, the father of the emigrants, can- 
not be definitely traced. We have at Horsmonden, an ad- 
joining parish to Tudeley, the baptism of a William Merriam 
in 1580, which is a possible date, but we cannot be certain 
of his identity. Of the four places mentioned in William 
Merriam's will, where he held property: Goudhurst, Yald- 
ing, Hadlow, and Tudeley, search has been made for the births 
of the emigrants, and could these be found no doubt the father 
could be identified. Unfortunately neither Goudhurst, Yald- 
ing, nor Hadlow registers have them, and the old register of 
Tudeley disappeared during the civil war, shortly after the 
emigration of the brothers, and has never since been found. 

William Merriam, we know held land in Tudeley, and 
was a clothier. Tudeley had a cloth industry in his day, and 
we may not unreasonably suppose that in Tudeley he mar- 
ried, and that there his children were born. Mr. Appleton 
notes that the will of Janies Burgess, of Tudeley, 1590, men- 
tions his son-in-law, William INIerryan, who when one takes 
into account the casual spelling of that time, may be the father 
of the emigrants. He is also probably the William Merriam 
mentioned in the will of Robert Piper, of Tonbridge, 1616, 
as his brother-in-law; Tonbridge being the next parish to 
Tudeley, and Robert Piper being also a clothier. On page 
23 will be found the record of the sale of the land of George 
Merriam, one of the emigrants, in the year of his emigration. 

Of Merriam records, more have been found than could 
perhaps be expected in view of the distinctly middle-class 
position of the family. The number of wills may be consid- 
ered large; the parish entries are very numerous, and begin 
in 1558, the first year of Queen Elizabeth, and the first year 
in which parish registers were regularly kept, and the first 
mention of the name, 1295^ is far enough back to satisfy al- 
most any one. In fact this date is very near the time of the 
introduction of surnames in families not noble. No effort 
has been made to search for records after 1650; a few have 
been found incidentally and inserted. 



V 



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PREFACE Xin 

The yeomen of Kent, to which class many of those whose 
wills are here recorded belonged, have a creditable place in 
English History, coming to the front a good deal as archers 
in the French wars. They were usually freeholders and men 
of substance as the old rhyme testifies : 

" A Knight of Cales, a Gentleman of Wales, 
And a Laird of the North Countree. 
A Yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent 
Can buy them up aU three." 

The discovery of the original spellings of the name: Mery- 
ham, Merryham, Meriham, altogether settles the question 
of its meaning. 

Both Merry and Ham are Saxon words. They are defined 
in Bosworth's " Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language," 
London, 1808, as follows: 

Mirige, myrig, adj. Merry, pleasant; hilaris, jucundus. 

Ham, a home, house, dwelling; domus. 

Ham, as a termination, in the names of places, denotes a 
home, dwelling, village. 

Canon Bardsley in his book, " English Surnames," in a 
note to Chapter VL, says: " We never use ' Merr}- ' now in 
relation to sacred things, though our English Bible does. 
The fact is, the word has somewhat sunk in the social scale. 
Few preachers would say as Bishop Bradford could, quite 
naturally in his day, ' The Lord for Christ's sake give us 
merry hearts to drink lustily of his sweet cup.' " 

With regard to Ham, Canon Isaac Tavlor, in " Words and 
Places," Chapter VH., "The Anglo-Sa.xon," says: — "The 
suffix ' ham,' which is very frequent in English names, appears 
in two forms in Anglo-Sa.xon documents. One of these, ham, 
signifies an enclosure ; that which hems in — a meaning not 
very different from that of ' ton ' or worth. These words express 
the feeling of reverence for private right, but ham inx'olves 
a notion more mystical, more holy. It expresses the sanctity 
of the family bond ; it is the home, the one secret (gcheiiii) 
and sacred place. In the Anglo-Sa.xon Charters we find this 
suffix united with the names of families — never with those 
of individuals. This word, as well as the feeling of which it 
is the symbol, was brought across the ocean by the Teutonic 
colonists, and it is the sign of the most precious of all the gifts 



XIV PREFACE 

for which we thank them. It may indeed be said without 
exaggeration, that the universal prevalence throughout Eng- 
land of names containing this word home, gives us the clue 
to the real strength of the national character of the Anglo- 
Saxon race. What a world of inner difference there is be- 
tween the English word home and the French phrase chez- 
nous! It was this supreme reverence for the sanctities of 
domestic life which gave to the Teutonic nations the power 
of breathing a new life into the dead bones of Roman civi- 
lization." 

In the light of the opinions of these good authorities, we 
can best and quite fairly define in modern English the mean- 
ing of Merryham as " Happy home," and it would be diffi- 
cult, with a free choice, to desire a better origin for a name. 
The first man, Laurence, John, or William, who in order to 
distinguish him from other Laurences, Johns, or Williams, 
came to be known as Laurence, John, or William of the Happy 
Home, must have been an ancestor of whom one may be proud. 
It would of course be a great satisfaction to find out where 
the original " Happy Home " was, but it appears very un- 
likely that this can definitely be discovered. Nearly all the 
places where Merriams lived, as shown in the wills and other 
records: Goudhurst, Horsmonden, Boughton Monchelsea, 
Maidstone, Yalding, Cranbrook, are in Mid-Kent, and Mer- 
riams appear to have been most numerous in the Weald of 
Kent, as the beautiful hilly region in the south of Mid-Kent, 
and formerly running into Sussex, is called. 

There is a very ancient reference, which but for one little 
letter 5 would exactly suit our case. I allude to an Anglo- 
Saxon Charter of King Ethelred: the grant of Meresham, 
mentioned in Furley's " History of the Weald of Kent," vol- 
ume i., page 85. To trace back to the days of King Ethel- 
red would be a fascinating prospect, but we must not allow 
ourselves to diverge from the strict path of rectitude. 

The oldest distinct Merriam reference we have was dis- 
covered by Mr. Dickinson at the Record Office, where it ap- 
pears that in the year 1295-6, Laurence de Meryham paid 
taxes to Edward I., at Isenhurst in Sussex. Isenhurst is in 
East Sussex, closely adjoining the Weald of Kent. 

It is difficult to construct any theory which will explain the 
existence in the sixteenth century of the Manor of Meriham 



PREFACE XV 

in Pembrokeshire, the southwest corner of Wales. We must 
assume the emigration of some Kentish Merriam to Wales, 
possibly in the train of one of the conquering Plantagenet 
princes. The name being Sa.xon, and the Saxons having 
never subdued Wales, it is clear that the original location of 
the name was in England, and tolerably certain that it was 
in Kent or Eastern Sussex. 

I think it right to state that until I met Mr. James S. Mer- 
riam, of New York, some years ago, I was unaware of any 
Merriam records in England; he directed my attention to 
the will of William of Hadlow, the father of the emigrants 
(published in 1892 in Mr. Applcton's pamphlet). 

This gave me the clue to the district, and I found several 
Horsmonden and Goudhurst wills; visited both these very 
quaint and Ixautifully situated places and others in the neigh- 
borhood, and discovered a number of parish entries, and 
then turned over the search to the late Mr. C. E. Gilder- 
some-Dickinson, who laljored most intelligently and con- 
scientiously, and in view of how little had been found before, 
with great success. Since Mr. Dickinson's lamented death 
last year, the manuscrii)ts have been prepared for printing, 
and the pedigrees and indexes arranged by Mr. George F. 
Tudor Sherwood, Record Agent, London. 

Charles Pierce Merriam. 

79, Highbury New Park, London. 
June, 1900. 



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was then taxed for estate at " Herst," probably Goudhurst. in the hundred of Mar 
den. fPiiIilic Record Office. London") 



Genealogical Memoranda (English) 
Merriam Records prior to a.d. 1400. 

1295. "Laur de Meryhfn vj' viyq*" in Isenhurst,' Hundred of 
Dill, CO. Sussex.— Lay Subsidy, 24 Ed. I., i'?- in P. R. O. 

. 1327. Witts de Meriham in Herst [probably Goudhurst] xij" 
ob q'. Hundred of Marden, co. Kent.' — Lay Subs, in P. R. O., 



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T L- J Hit -L^ nd ( in Isenhurst aforesaid. — Lay 
1332. Joha de Menhffi x.^^ S^^^ ^ ^^ jj 

Johe de Merihm iij' J q PRO 

1336. John de Maryham of Waldron. By deeds preserved at 
Penshurst Castle, it appears that the manor of Possingworth, co. 
Sussex, was conveyed by John, son of Lawrence Posyngcwerse — the 
last owner of the property deriving his name therefrom, — to Sir 
William Harengaud and Margery his wife, by whom it was after- 
wards given to tlicir daughter and hef heirs. In 1333 Margery the 
daughter conveyed it to William Stannynden of Lambcrhurst and 
Roger Laket of Blechynton, near Seaford, which conveyance was 
confirmed by Thomas, son and heir of Sir John Harengaud. In 
1334 Stannynden released to Laket all his right in the premises, 
which were holden in capite of the Priory of Lewes, and the said 
Laket in 1336 assigned to the Abbey of Robertsbridge, with the 
sanfllon of Peter de Joceaux, Prior, and in consideration of an annual 
payment of 10", together with a rent of 4' Si" which JOHN DE 
Maryham paid for another tenement in Waldron aforesaid, called 
atte Watere. — Publications of Sussex Arch. So., vol. xiii. p. 92. 

1348. Witlms Mcrihfii (probably of Goudhurst), in the Hundred 
of Marden, co. Kent, taxed at iij° viij'- — Lay Subs., P. R. O., 22 
Ed. III., '.V- 

1367/8. Robert Meriham, appears as borsholder of Goudhurst. 
—Manor Rolls in P. R. O., 181/69, Hundred of Marden. 

1372. •' Witlus Meriham xvj" " in West Barnfleld hundred, co. 
Kent.— Lay Subs., 46 Ed. III., VV in P. R. O. 

Cir. 1 38 1. Robtus Mcryhfii, of Boughton Monchelsea, co. 
Kent, rated for the poll-tax xviij'- — Lay Subs, in P. R. O., yJ. 

' fi'ii facsimile opposite. Isenhurst is now represented by the residence of 
Sir George L. L. B. Prescott, bart., situate near Heathfield Station. 
' fiJe facsimile. 



I GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (enGLISH) 

Wills, etc., in the Probate Registry at 
Canterbury. 

John Meryham, of Boughton Monchelsea, mason. 
Dated 23 June, 1455; proved 18 March 
[? 1455-6] : extraded from Arch. Cant. I. 9. 

In Dei noTe Amen in Vigilia natiuitatf Sci Jotiis Bapte Anno Dni 
Milttno cccc^lv'" Ego Johes Meryham de BoSon Monchesey masone 
compos mentis 1 bone memorie condo testamentu meu in hunc modu 
In p''mis lego aTam meam Deo oifiipotenti Bte Marie t omib3 stis 
corpusqj meu sepeliendf in Cimifio Sci Petri ibm Itfn lego sumo 
Altari p decimis oblitf iiij'' Itffi lego iiij"'' Imbus in ecciia ibm videlt 
Petri Alte Crucis JoKis Bapte 1 Bte Marie v'glnis cuitt eoTf. iiij'' Itfii 
lego Alicie M''gerie 7 Godlebe filiabj mcis ad suii maritagiu cuilt eoy. 
xls Itfii lego JoKe filie sue vj^ viij'* Itfri lego cuilt filiolo?/. mtolf. iiij'' 
ResiduQ vero oifii bono^J/. meolf. supius non legato?^ do x lego Johanne 
uxi mee et eandm Johanna t RoBtum Meryham frem meii facio 2 
ordino meos executores/ 

Hec est ultima voluntas Jotiis Meryham Mason de ofiiib3 fris 7 
tentf suis fafla in Vigilia Natiuitat^" Sci JoKis Bapte Anno regni 
Regis Henrici Sexti post conqm Angt tricesimo tercio !n p'mis Vult 
gd quatuor Acre fre voc Clemens Brownys vendat''. et pecunia inde 
recepta dispon p discrecoem Johanne uxi sue Itfii vult qd si necesse 
fuit plus de alijs terf vend si placuit ^fate Johanne uxi sue ad suu 
Bn plitum Itfii vult qd difia Johanna uxor sua tieat oniia alia fras 1 
tenta ad tnu vite sue Et post decessu f'fate Johanne uxis sue cniia 
^dta ?f 1 tenementa reddito 1 Suicia cu ofhib^ suis ^tinen remaii 
Johanni Jacobo l StepKno her i assign suis impptm de capitlibus 
dnis feodi illius p Suicia inde debita 1 de iure consueta/ 

Pbat xviij" die mens Marcij Anno dni sup^crlpt Comissaqj est 
adffiistracio Johanne ReliSe t Robto Execut/ 

Robert Meryham, of Boughton Monchelsea. Testa- 
ment dated 5 Ap., 1468; will dated 12 Ap. 
1466 : extradled from Arch. Cant, I. 20. 

In dei nomine Amen quinto die A^lis Anno dni mittmo cccclxviij" 
Ego RobJus Merylim de Bof?on Monchense sane memorie condo 
testm meu in hunc modu In p'ffi lego aiam meam Deo omipotenti Bte 
Marie v'gini 1 offiib^ sanSis celi corpusqj meu ad sepeliend in cimifio 
ecclie de Bofion p'dca Itifl lego sumo altari ibm p decimis t oblat 
oblitf vj'' Itiii lego luml sume crucf ibm ij"* Itfii lego luml sci Petri ij" 



MERRIAM WILLS AT CANTERBURY 3 

Itfn lego luml Bte Marie v'gini ij" Iteffi lego lutnl sci JoKis Bapte ij'' 
Rcsiduu 1 orhi bonof meof supuis non legal do "Z lego Agneti ux 
mee quam quidtn Agnetam facio ordino 1 constituo executricem meam 
p ^tes/ Dat die anno 1 loco supdiflf/ 

Hec est ultima voluntas mei Robti MeryTim de BoSon Monchensey 
fafia duodecimo die A^lis anno regni Regis Edwardi quarti post 
Conquestum Angt sexto 1 recital p me psonalif Hen? MeryKm i Jotii 
Pagge fcoffatis meis de omib^ terr 1 teii meis cu suis p tin In p'fn 
volo qd diet feoffat mei immediate post decessu meu feoRabunt 
Agnetem uxem meam in dimid mesuag mei ac dimid orhi tcrf eidm 
mesuag adiat tenend sibi ad tnu vite Et post decessu diet Agnetf 
Pdict dimid mesuag ac terra?/, ^dict refn filijs impptm Itfn volo qd 
diet feoffat mei feoffabunt diet Agnetem in at dimid diet mesuage 1 
a! dimid diet tcrf cu suis ptin tenend sibi quousqj jun filius meus ven 
ad etatem viginti anno?/. Et tunc oines filij mei hebunt dimid diet 
mesuag cu dimid diet terf i suis ptiri tenend iH hered i assign suis 
impptm Itifi volo qd diet feoffat mei Immediate post decessum meu 
vendcnt una pcciam terr cu suis ptifi vocat Sketfeld et pecunia inde 
fidelit' disponant' ad maritag dua?/ filia'2/.que p'fii ven ad maritag Et 
st contingat filic mee obiJQ antcqm veti ad etatem ^dict viginti anno?/ 
tunc volo qd post decessu diflf Agnetf uxis mee feoffat mei vcndent 
mesuag meu cu offiib, terrf meis 1 suis ptifi melior f/c quo potint Et 
pecunia inde fidelit' disponat' ad maritag fllia?/ secundu quantitatem 
filia?/. mea?/. que ante decessu meu ad maritag sua Kuernt Et de 
residuo diet pecunia?/. fidelit' dispon ad opus ecclie de Boflon ^dict 
quadraginta soIidQ Et residuu did pecunia?/. fidelit' distribuat' inP 
filias mcas Itfii volo qd dti feoffati mei tiebant f> labore suo ij'/Dat 
die anno 1 loco sup'dict In cuius rci testlmoniu huic ^senti ultime 
mee sigillu meu apposui/ 

William Meryham, of Boughton Monchelsea. Dated 
i6 Jan. 1478; proved 2 March [? 1478-9]: ex- 
tradted from Arch. Cant. III. 10. 

In dei nole Amen xvj die Januarij Anno Dfii mccccviij" Ego WiHms 
Meryftm de Boflofi Monchese sane mcmorie condo testm meu in hunc 
mod In p'mis lego aiam mea omipotenti bte M" virgini 7 oniib3 stis 
celi corpusc^ mei ad sepeliend in cimifio ecdie sti Pet de Bofloii pdifl 
Itffi lego sufno Altari ibm r> dec 1 oblac i iniustc detentf viij" Itfii 
cuitt im exlsteii in ecc!ia pdict ij** Itfri cuilt filiolo::/^ % filia^ ineo::^ 
ij" Re§ v" orhi bono?/^ meo?/ supius non legal do 1 lego Biidict uxi 
mee qua fato exec meam/ Dat die anno i loco sup'diflf/ 

Hec est ultima voluntas mei fdifl Witti fact die anno % loco 
sup'diaf 1 recital p me pset Jofi' Thomas Jol^i Clerk 1 JoRi Pagge 
feoffatf meis de % in oifiib3 terr 1 tefi meis cum suis ptin In pmis volo 
q diflg feoffat mei immediate post decessu meu feoffabunt ^dic't 



4 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (ENGLISH) 

Benedief in mes meo in quo maneo cum duab3 pec terr eid ad{ac 
tenend sibi X assign suis durante vita sua soluend ad maritag cuius!t 
filiaJ^ mea?/. xxxiij^ iiij"* 1 post decessu diet Benedic? pdici mesuag 
cum die? duab^ pec terr reman filijs meis in feod simplic Itffi volo qd 
■diet feoffat mei immediate post decessu meu feoffabut filios meos in 
omib3 alijs terr meis tenend itt her 1 assign suis imppm soluend ad 
marii cuiuslit filia2^ mea2^ xxxiij' iiij'^ Dat ut sup"/ 

Probat fuit ij marcij comissa est executrici in eod teste n5iat/ 

Stephan Meryham, of Boughton Monchelsea, Dated 
8 March, 1479; proved 31 July, 1480: ex- 
traded from Cons. Cant. II. 49.2/505. 

In dei noie Amen Octauo die mensis Marcij Anno Dni Mifiimo 
cccclxxix Ego Stephafls MeryKm de Bof?on Monchese sane memorie 
condo testamentum meu in hunc modum In primis lego anima meam 
deo omipotenti beate Marie virgin! x oihibus stis celi corpusq3 meum 
ad sepeliend in cimi?io ecclie sti Petri de BoSon ^dicf Itfii lego sumo 
altari ibm p decimis 1 oblacoibus oblitf i iniuste detentf xy Ini sQffie 
crucf ibm xij"* Ini sti Petri ibm xij"* Ini beate Marie iBm iiij** Ini ste 
Johannis Baj5te iiij'' Ini sti Christofori iBm ij** Itffi lego Johanne 
matri mee una vaccam I? lego BenediS Langlee suienf me xl' 
Residuu u" omi bono?^ meo?^ supius no legaf do i lego Johanne ux 
mee qua facio unicu Thoma Covenney exef meos p putes / Daf die 
anno 1 loco sup'diflis/ 

Thys is the last will of me the saide Stephen made the day yer 
and place abovesaide and rehersyd by me psonally to Harry Merytim 
Gy Hont and Amery Herynden my feoffeis of and in all my landys 
and tentf with app'tefintf lyeing i beyng in Boflon aforeseid Merden 
and Maydeston or els were fvirst I will that Joh.na my modyr haue 
yerly duryng her lyfT of tlie pfytf of the place she dwellj'th yn and 
£teyn pecf of lande called Hokefelde ij Dannj'S Cokefrede Hound- 
pette and Hacheland xxvj^ viij"* Also 1 will that ymmediatly aff my 
decease sufFre John my Son to occupy and take the pfytf of the seide 
plase and pece landys and if the seide John my soii dye w'out yssu 
within the seide Age I will that the seide place and pece of land 
called Hokefelde be delyfiid to my doughters to ther heyrf and 
assigneis for evyr and if all my doughters dye without yssu of ther 
bodyes laufuUy begoten and within the seid age of xx'' yef then I 
will that the seid place and pece land be at the disposicon of Johari 
my wiR" Also I will that my seide feoffeis ymmedyatly aff my 
decease enfeff Johaii my wiff yn all the remnnt of my landys to hold 
to her and to her assigneis fme of her lyff and aff the decease of the 
seid Johaii I will that all the seid landf and tentf remayne to John 
my Son to hold to hym to hys heyrf and assigneis for euer paying to 
eche of my doughters v mrcf and iff eny of my doughters dye w'yn 



MERRLAM WILLS AT CANTERBLTIY 

lauful age the seide payment to her part rest in the handf of the 
seyde my son for evyr And if John my soii dye w'yn wtin [sic] 
laufuU age z w'out yssu of his body laufully begoten I will that all my 
seide landcs and tentf remayne to my doughters to ther heyrf and 
assyneys for e(i And if all my doughters dye w'in laufull age levyng 
Johan my wiff I will that my feoReis enfeff Johan my wifF yn my 
p'ncypall mesuagc and the croft lyeng thcrto in a pece land called 
Estfeld To hold to her heirf and assigneis for evyr Also I will that 
my feffeis enfeff the Children of William Meryfim yn my landys 
called HatchelandC to hold to them thcr heyrf and assigneis fot evyr 
and remnnt of my landys 1 will they be sold i the money therof 
receyvid be disposyd be my ffcffcis and Executoy's to the Churche of 
Bo^on mcndyng of newys wewys pour maydynnys marrages and 
Other Charitable dedys within the scyd pish of Bodon The day ycr 
1 place above scid/ 

Proved 31 July 1480 by the said Johanne 1 Thomas Covcnney 
the executors/ 

Henry Meryham sen'', of Boughton Monchelsea. 
Dated 7 Dec. 1483; proved 9 March 1483-4: 
extracted from Cons. Cant. II. 580/593. 

In del noie Amen scptimo die DccemBr Anno Dfii Millimo cccdxxxiij" 
Ego Henricus McryKm senior de Bo6ion Monchcnsy compos mentis 
sancq^ memorie condo testamcntu mcum in hunc modum In p'mis lego 
aiam dco orfiipotenti beatc Marie virgini ct orhibus Sanflis corpusqj 
meum sepeliend in cimitro ecctie poch sanfli Petri de Boflon ^dict Itfri 
lego summo altari itjm p dccimis mcis oblitis xij'' Itffi lego lumin coram 
alta Cruce ibm xx" Itfii lego lufn beate Marie ibm xx"* Itfn lumini 
Sanfii Petri ibm xx'' Itfn lumini Sanfli JoKannis iBm xij'' Itfn lego 
lumifi iiij"' candclabrol/. ibm iiij"' cercos pondcre viij"' libra ^ Residua 
vero omi bono2/. meo2^ .... supuis non legato!!^ do 1 lego Alex 
Meryfim StepKno Meryhm filijs WiHim Meryfim quos constituo 1 
facio huig testl mci Execut ut ipl p ala mea faciant et disposant modo 
meliori quo viderint deo placere et salute aie mee pficere/ 

This is the last wille of me the seid Herry MeryKm the Elder 
the day and yere aboue wretyn of all my landis and tenementes 
liggyng and beyng In Boflon aforeseid and Merden or elleswhere 
fflrst I wille that Herry Merystnm [sic] the Sonne of William Meryfim 
shalle haue my place and iij peccs of land w' in my place and ij 
Croftes a for my gate and the pote Brodefclde and Moteland iij acf 
in Walshwode and 'Walsh Wodfelde in fee symple also I wille that 
Alexander Meryfim my Cosyn shalle haue landis called Shonford 
and Tomles ij Acf in Glouerswode and iij Acres in Walshwode in 
fee sympell Also I wille that Stevyn Meryfim haue landes callid 
Clcmentes Brome iij acres In Walshwode Stonfelde ffyve acf and a 



6 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

pece of lande called Barncroft in fee sympill also I wille that Harry 
Merylim the son of Robart Meryfim shalle haue my land called 
Belamengate in fee symple Also I wille myn Execu? shalle selle an 
acre of my land in Meryhelles to be disposid for the wele of my sowle 
Also I wille that the seid Alexander MeryKm my Cosyn shalle haue 
alle my landis in Merden to him his heyrf and assignej for euer w' 
this condicon that the seid Alexander pay or do pay [sic] to Stevyn 
Meryfim his Brother xxvj^ viij" and to Herry MerySm his Brother 
xxvj* viij** / Theis wittnes Sir John Walker Vicarij of BoSon a for- 
seid and John Brystowe Parish Gierke of Bofion/ 

Proved 9 March 1483-4 by Alexander, Stephen and Henry 
Meryfim the sons and William Meryfim the Executors/ 

Henry Meryam, of Boughton Monchelsea. Dated 
17 Sep., 1490; proved 10 Jan., 1491 : ex- 
tra<5led from Cons. Cant. III. 308. 

In dei Nomine Amen xvij"" die mensis Septembris Anno Diii 
mcccclxxxx'"" Ego Henricus Meryam de gochia de Boifon Monchese 
sane mentf 1 bone memorie condo testamentum meu ultima mea 
continens voluntatem in hunc modum In primis lego aimam meam 
deo orhipotenti bte Marie Virgini 1 omibj stls corpusqj meum sepe- 
liend in cimifio ecctie poch sti Petri de Boflon Monchese ^dta Itfii 
lego sumo altari iBm g decimis meis oblitf xx" Itffi volo qd Johanna 
uxor mea tieat omla terr 1 ten mea ad fminu vite sue utrum ipa 
impregnat iam fuit masculo vel femella Residuu vero ofhi bono 2^ 
meoT^ do 1 lego eidfii Johanne uxori mee quaquid Johan ordino facio 
1 constituo huius testamenti mei executre ut ipa disponat p anima 
mea sicut melius sibi videbit"' deo placere .... mee proficere/ 
Proved 10 Jan. 149 1 by the sole executrix/. 

John Mereham, of Goudhurst. Dated 16 May, 
1497; proved 27 Sep., 1497: extrafled from 
Arch. Cant. VI. 10. 

In dei Nomine Amen sexta decimo die mense May Anno Dfii 
millimo cccclxxxxvij"" Ego Johes Meretlm de pochia de Goutherst 
compos mentis saneqj memorie condo testfn meu in hunc modum In 
primis lego anima mea Deo omnipotenti beate Marie virgini 1 omnibus 
1 sanSis cell corpQ qj meu sepeliend in Cimiterio ecctie pochialis de 
Goutherst prediSc) Itfii lego summo altari ibm p decimis meis oblitis 
1 negligentis iiij"* Itm lego lufni hersie ibm iiij'* Itfii facio ordino 1 
constituo Steplim Merefim 1 Henricu Burgeis meos executor ut ipl 
disponat p anima mea put eis melius 1 salubrius videbitur faciend/ 
This is the last will of me John Merellm of the pisshe of 



IIERRIAM WILLS AT CANTERBURY / 

Goutherst made the xyj"* day of the monj'th of May in the xij"' j'ere 
1 Reyne of Kyng Henry the vij* ffirst I will that my feoffeis the 
which stonnyth infeoffed in ij pecf of land at Downe Tott shall 
sufTre Stephen MereKm and Henry Burgeis myn Execut" to sell the 
said ij pccis of land to fuUfill this my said last Will and Testament 
and in payng of my Dcttys and the ofiplus of the money of the said 
ij pecis of land to be deuided equally to the mariage of my ij 
Doughters Jone 1 Elizabeth whan they or any of the curhe to the age 
of xx'' yeris And yf any of them to decease [sic] befor they be 
maried eythcr of them to be other heir And yf both of them decease 
befor they be maried that than all suche money as ys assigned unto 
ther mariage to be disposid of by the discrecofl of my said Exccut^' 
in Charitable dedis as they canne thynke most conuenient Also I 
will that my feoffeis shall suffyr Jone my wiff to haue and take the 
Issues 1 pfittf of my mesuagc and londis the ex [sic] duryng all the 
season that she ys soole and my VVidowc she kepyng all Rcpacofl i 
Charge ptcynyng to the said mcsuage and londis duryng the said 
terme And she to hauc the charge i kepyng of my childryn duryng 
the season that she is my widow And whan c(i she marie Than 1 
will that myn Executf shall take the Issues 1 pfittis cf the said 
mesuage and londis to the exhibicofi and fTyndyng of my said 
Childryn Also I will that whan mj' ij Sonnes Stephyn and Thomas 
cume to the age of xxij" yeris that than I will my said messuage 7 
londis shall equally to be dcuydcd to the said Stephyn and Thomas 
or to any of them whan he comyth to the said age of xxij' yeris xx" 
marke of good t usuall money of Inglond And yf any of them to 
disccasc before the said age cither of them to be other licyr Also 
I will that all suche Issues and pfyttis growyng of the vauntage of 
the said mcsuage and londis to be Reccuyd by myne executes they 
to Reward hym that hath most nede as can be thought by ther 
discressions Also I will that whan the said Stephyn comyth to the 
said age of xxij" yeris he to have my said mesuage ij gardyns and 
iiij pecis of lond to hym 1 to his hcyrs in fee symple Also I will 
and Jone my wiff [sic] she to hauc out of the said mesuage and all 
the londys during terme of her liffe yerly at iiij termys of the yere 
vj' viij'' by euyn porcofis And for noone paiement of the same 
the said Jone or his [sic] assignes to distrayne in the said mesuage 
and londf and in efj^ pcell iherof Also I will that the said Jone my 
wiff shalhaue Immediatly after my decease all my stuff forth w' a 
Cowe and a halfer Except ij Brasse pottys and ij Brasse pannys 
Also I will yf yt shuld that yf [sic] of the said Sonnys shuld decease 
befor the said age of xxij"' yere that than I will but ij pecis of land 
of his pte that so dieth the whiche canne be thought most conuenient 
be myfi scid executours or there assj'gn shalbe sold to the best price 
tliat they canne And the money therof so Receuyd to be bestowed 
in this maner of wise ffirst to anne honest secular prest in the chirche 
of Gougherst ther to syng and saie a Trentall be the space of half a 



8 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

yere v^ And the Residue of the said money to be bestovvid ia 
Charitable dedis for my soule and all my frendis as can be thought 
most convenient by the discression of my said executours or there 
asslgneis/ 

Proved 27 Sep. 1497 ^y ^^^ ^^''^ executors. 

Stephen Mereham, of Goudhurst. Dated 3 06t., 
1506; proved 19 May, 1507: extradied from 
Arch. Cant. X. 6. 

In dei nole amen tercio die mens Oflobris Ao Dni Millio qulgen"'" 
scxt Ego Stephus MereKm de pocK de Goutherst compos mentf 
saneq) memorie existeii Condo testm meu in hunc modu In p'mis lego 
alam mea Deo oipote? bte Marie Virgini 1 oniib3 stis celi corpus qj 
meu ad sepeliend in Cimitio ecctie Bte M' Virginis de Goutherst pdta 
Itrh lego sumo altari ibm p decimis meis oblitf et necletf vj'' If lego 
Ini hersie ibm viij" Itifi lego Juliane uxi mee totu Instamen Domicilni 
domus mee in quo Ego inhabit ac una vacca 1 quiqj porcos resiat 
Rico filio meo unu molendum pomarij cum omib3 instrumentf eiusdrh 
molendfri pomarij existenf ac unu pannu apud le hardwell in aula 
domg ^dicf Et unu quarie in coginull eiusd Residum oifii bono2^ 
meo 2^ non legato 2/. debitf meis psolutf do 7 lego pfato Rico Merefim 
Alio meo que ordino 1 facio executorem meu ut ipe disponat p solute 
afii mee put ei melius videbif expedif Itiri lego johane filie mee ad 
maritaiQ suu x fficas ad solued p spaciii duo2^ anno2^ vij in die 
maritagij sui quiqj fficas 1 in anno tuc px sequeii quiqj fhcas in plena 
solutlone sume ^dict/ 

Proved 19 May 1507 by the said executor. 

Richarde Meryham, of Goudhurst, yeoman. Dated i Feb 
1547-8; proved 16 May 1548: extracted from Arch. 
Cant. XXVI. 2. 

In dei nomine Amen The firste Daye of ffebr in the yere of our Lorde 
god a thousande f>'ve hundreth xlviij And in the seconde yere of the 
Reigne of our Souaigne Lorde Edwarde the si.xthe kinge of England 
ffraunce and lerlande Defensor of the faithe and in earth Supreame heade 
of the Churche of England & Yerlande I Richarde Meryhm of the par- 
ishe of Gouteherst in the countie of Kent yeoman beinge sicke of body 
but thanks be to god of whole and pfect memory make this my testa- 
ment and Last will in mann and forme folowinge ffirst I bequeith my 
soule to Almightie god to rest in his glory wt Abrahm Isaac and Jacob 
foreeumore And my body forasmoche as yt is but earthe I will yt shalbe 
Decently buried or couered in the earth hopinge and lookinge for the 
gloriouse resurreccon at the laste Daye Itm I will that my executors 
shall refresshe the poore people of this parishe wt meates and Drynkes 
as yt may be levyed of my goodes at their Discrecon Itm I will that ym- 



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9 



mediately my decease there be put into the poore memies boxe xxd Itm 
I geue to Isabell Wilye vjs viijd Also I geue to Alyce Orgarle vjs viijd 
Itm I geue and bequeith to Johan my daughter eight poundes off laufull 
money of England and thone half therof to be paide to her wtin the yere 
ymmediatly aft my decease And thother half to be paide to her wtin 
thre yeres after my decease }Tnmediady Itm I geue and bequeith unto 
Deonys my daughter seven pounds of laufull money of Englande And 
thone half to be paide to her wtin the yere ymmediatly after my decease 
and thother half to be paid to her wthin iij yeres ymmediatly after my 
decease Itm I geue and bequeith unto Catheryn my daughter foure 
pounds of good and laufull money of England to be paide to her wtin 
the yere ymmediatly after my decease to haue yt to her own use and 
profett Itm I geue unto euy one of my childers children iijs iiij to be 
paide to them wtin the yere ymmediatly after my decease Itm I will that 
my Lande and moueables shalbe solde to the best pryce And the money 
theof to discharge this my will and testament And yf anny of my sonnes 
will bye the saide landes I will that that sonne that byeth the landes shall 
haue the Land & xls better cheape wtin the pryce that any other man shuld 
paye Moreouer I will that my two sonnes Stephan and John shall haue 
the sale of all my landes and moueables whom I make myn Executors to 
fulfill this my last will and testament Itm I will my debtes and lega- 
cies paid that that whiche remayneth of all my land' & moueables shalbe 
Devyded emonge my sonnes equally Provided nevertheles that my two 
yongcr sonnes shall haue to their pte eche of them xls shlinge more then 
their elder brothers Itm I make and ordeyn my two sonnes Willm and 
Henry to be myn Ousears of this my last will and testament And they 
to haue for their paynes xxs to be devyded equally betwixt them bothe 
provyded alweys that yf any of my daughters abouesaide decease before 
they haue rece'yved their childes pte Then I will that that parte be de- 
vyded thone half to my sonnes and thother to my daughter or daugh- 
ters that l_we and be unmaried at this tjTne Also I will that myn execu- 
tors shallfulfill all such thinges as dothe appeare betwixt my wiff and 
me by a payer of Indentures and other writings In witnes wherof theis 
whose names are under written shall recorde this to be true. Willm Aus- 
ten clothiar Willyam Stephans Willim Austen wever Richard Wilye Alex- 
ander Stephan Robert Brette 

Proved i6 May 1548 by the oath of Robert Brette & . . . . & admon 
granted to the sd Exrs 

William Meryham, of Goudhurst. Dated 27 Jan. 15^5-6; 
proved 10 March 1565-6: extracted from Arch. Cant. 
XXXIX. 217. 

In the name of god amen The xxvijth Day of January and in the eight 
yeare of the reigne of or Sovereigne lady Elizabethe by the grace of god of 
England ffraunce and yreland Quene defender of the faythe &c I Wyll- 
yam Meryham of the parj-she of goodherst withein the county of Kent 
beinge sycke of body and of good and parfectt memory thancks be unto 



10 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

all mightie god doe make this my testament and last wyll in manner and 
forme followinge ffyrst and aboue all things I geve and comend my sowle 
unto all mightie god my only maker creator & redemer and my body 
to be buryed wthin the churche yeard of Goodherst aforesaid Item I 
geve and bequethe to be bestowed on the poore at my buryall vjs viijd 
It I geve unto my Sonne Wyllyam Twenty pounde of good and lawfuU 
monny of England to be payde unto him by my executors ymedyatly 
after my decease to be Imployed unto his use untill he comethe to thage 
of xxiiijti yeares at the Dyscretyon of my executor and oversears And 
further I will that if my sonne Wyllyam doe dye before he comethe to 
thage of xxiiijti yeares I wiU the foresaid twenty pounds shall remayne 
unto my Sonne John and his heyres And if it fortune bothe my sonnes 
to dye before they com to the age of xxiiij yeares Then I will the twenty 
pounds before specyfyed to the children of Henry Merylun and Symon 
Meryll [sic] to be equally devyded betwene them Itm I will unto Rych- 
ard Meryham sonne of Henry Meryham one xij monthinge hayffer Itm 
I will unto Stephen Spryngett xijd Itm I will unto Alyce Meryham daugh- 
ter of John Mer}'ham my brother tenne shillings All the resydue of my 
goodes (my detts & bequethes truly payde) I geve unto Alyce my wyffe 
toward the brynginge up of my children kepinge them to sc'hole tyll they 
haue learned to wryte and reade Itm I will that yf Alyce my wyffe 
doe fortune to marry agayne after my decease That he which shall 
marry withe her shall enter into bound & as shalbe thought meete by my 
executors and oversears to performe this my last wyll Also I ordeyne 
and make Henry Merj'ham my brother my whole executor of this my 
testament & last wyll And he to haue for his labor xxs Also I ordeyne 
John Horsmonden and Symon Meryll my oversears and they to haue 
for there paynes tenne shillings apeece. 

This ys the last wyll of me the foresaid Wyllyam Merj'hm made and 
declared the Day and Yeare aboue wryten concerninge the disposycon 
of my lands and Tenements lyenge withe in the paryshe of Goodherst 
aforesaid ffirst I will that Alyce my wyffe shall haue the occupacyon of 
my lands kepynge it suffycyently repayred as it nowe standethe withe 
out stryppe or waste untill my sonnes cam to thage of xxiiijti yeares yf 
she fortune to lyve soe longe And if my wyff fortune to dye before my 
children comethe to age I will that Henry Meryham my brother shall 
haue the occupacon of my lands untill my children com to thage of xxiiijti 
yeares to the pformaunce of this my last will as to my wytT is before men- 
cyoned Item I will and bequethe unto my sonne John Meryham my 
house »nd all my lands withe thappurtenncs To him his heyres and as- 
signes for ever when he comethe to thage of fower and twenty yeares and 
if he Dye before the age of xxiiijti yeares Then I will my house and all 
my lands unto Wyllyam Meryhm my sonne at thage of xxiiij yeares and 
to his heyres for ever And if bothe my sonnes do dye before they com 
to thage of xxiiijti yeares Then I will my house and all my lands withe 
thappurtenncs to Rychard Meryham sonne of Henry Meryham my brother 
To him and to his heyres for ever And if the foresaid Rychard Mer\-- 
ham Sonne of Henry Meryham doe dye before he comethe to thage of 
xxiiijti yeares Then I will my house and lands to Stephen Merj'ham 



MERRIAM WILLS AT CANTERBURY 11 

Sonne of Stephen Meryham my brother and to his hejTes for ever By 
me John Horsmonden By me Henry Pattenden By me Symon Meryll p 
me John Asten. 

Proved lo Mar 1565-6 by the Exet therein named. 

Henry Meryam, of Goudhurst. Dated 16 Sep. 1566; proved 
14 April, 1567: extracted from Arch. Cant. XL. 62. 

In the name of God Amen I Henry Meryam of the paryshe Good- 
herst in the county of Kent doe on the xvjth Day of September in the 
yeare of or lord god a thowsand fyve hundrethe thre score & si.\ make 
this my present testament and last wyll in manner and forme foUowinge 
that is to say ffirst I hcquclhe my soule unto allmightie god my maker 
and redemer and my body to be buryed in the churche yeard of Good- 
herst And the disposycon and order thereof I leave to the fydelytie of 
my wyffe and my executor It I gev unto the poore mens box xijd It I 
wyll that myne executor shall fulfyll and doe all that is to be donne in 
my behalf in that I am chardged by beinge executor to my brother W'yll- 
yam Meryam late deceased It I wyll and geve unto my thre Daughters 
Jone Meryam Peas Meryam Elizabethe Meryam unto them the one half 
of all my moveable goods And unto Elizabethe my Daughter I geve my 
two yearynge bullocks over and aboue Itm I geve unto the sonnes of 
Symond Mcryall to ether of them xijd It I geue unto my sonnc Rychard 
Meryam my table in the haule withe the forme and trestells that long- 
cthe thereunto It the other half of my goods not geven I geve unto my wyfTe 
It I geue unto .Alyce Meryam my kynneswoman iijs iiijd It that my chil- 
drens goods shall remayne in the custody of my wyffe untyll my children 
com to there day of maryage or unto there lawfull agyes of eighteene yeares 
if they marry not afore yf my wyffe decease afore my children come to 
there agyes aforesaid Then I will it to be soe in the custody of myne exec- 
utor as to her ajjoyntcd It I wyll that my Daughters shalbe every others 
heyer if any of them l)y before they marry or com to there lawfull agyes 
aforesaide Yf they all dye as aforesaide my sonne then ly^ynge I geve 
it unto him. 



John Merriam," of Canterbury, mercer. Dated 2 Nov. 1628; 
proved 12 July 1637: extracted from Cons. Cant. LIT. 

133- 

In the name of God Amen the Second Day of November in the yeare 
of or Lord god one thousand six hundred and twenty and eight I John 
Merria of the pish of St Andrewe in the Citty of Cant Mercer being in 
perfect health and memory thankes bee to Almighty God for the same 
do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and forme 
foUoweinge that is to say first and principally I comend my soule into the 
handes of AUmighty god trustinge through his mcritts and by the i)re- 

' Testator was Mayor of Canterbury in 1631. 



12 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

cious Death and passion of my Savio and Redeemer Jesus Christ to bee 
saved and to Inheritt the kingdome of heaven for ever and my body to 
bee buried where and in what sorte it shall seeme meete and convenient 
to my executor of this my last will and testamt wth what chardge shall 
thinke most convenient Itm I giue unto my Sonne Edward the Sume 
of five poundes of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto him wtin 
one yeare after my Decease Itm I giue unto my sonne John Merriam 
the house and Inheritance wch I now dwell in and also the house wherein 

Edward Hall dwelleth now in & Halden wth all theire appur- 

tences thereto belonginge and to the heires male of the body lawfully 
begotten for ever hee payeing to my sonne Robert Merriam at the age of 
twenty and two yeares the sum of forty poundes and also to my sonne 
Micheias Merryam at the age of twenty and three yeares the lilie sume 
of forty poundes and to my Daughter Margarett Merryam the like 
sume of forty poundes at the age of eighteene yeares and also the like 
sume of forty poundes to my daughter Mary Merriam at the age of twenty 
yeares my will and meaning is that if John my sonne Dye wtout a sonne 
of his body lawfully begotten that then my sonne Robert and Michias 
shall enjoy my houses to them and theire heires for ever equally to bee 
devided Itm I giue unto my brother William Merryam the sume of tenn 
shillinges Itm I giue to my Couzen Edward Merria the sume of fiue shil- 
linges All the Residue of my goodes and Chatties and Leases whatso- 
ever my Debts & Legacyes and ffunerall paid I giue unto my loveing 
wife Jone Merriam whome I make my full and whole Executrix of this 
my last will and testamt and further my true meaninge is that she shall 
haue her dwellinge in the said house wherein I now Dwell dureing her 
naturall life If shee keepe her selfe a widdowe and I appointe Loveing 
frenide Thomas Trusser and Thomas Kingsfoord my overseer of this 
my last will and testament and for theire paines I giue them two shil- 
linges and sixe pence a peece In witnes whereof I have heerunto sett my 
hand the Day and yeare first aboue written By mee John Merryam. 

Probate of the will of John Merriam late of the City of Canterbury 
Alderman was granted 12 July 1637 to the Executrix and afterwards 
on 9 Nov 1637 a Definitive Sentence was pronounced in the cause between 
Joan Merriam widow relict and sole executrix on the one part Defendant 
and Mr Edward Merriam clerk, curate of Quinborough, John Merriam 
of the City of Canterbury, Michias Merriam and Ann Merriam als Trus- 
ser (wife of Thomas Trusser of the City of Canterbury) Margaret Mer- 
riam and Mary Merriam plaintiffs natural and lawful children of the 
said John Merriam deceased. 

Alexander Meryham of Boughton Monchelsea. Dated 9 
Jan 1532-3; proved 30 May 1534: extracted from 
Arch. Cant. XIX. 15. 

In dei noie Amen the ix daye of January in ye yere of owr Lord God 
Mvxxxij and in the xxiiijth yere of the Reynge of kjTig henry the viijth 
I Alexader Meryhm of boughton Monchesey in the cowte of Kent in hole 



ARCHDEACONRY ACT BOOKS 13 

mynd make thys my present testamet in maner and fourme fowloyng 
ffirst I bequethe my sowle to almyghtie god to our ladye Saj-nt Marye 
and to al ye blessyd cupenye of hevjTi And my bodye to be bun-ed in ye 
church yard of boyghton Mochesey aforesayde Itm I bequethe to the 
hye Aultre there for my tythes and offeryngs forgottoon xxd Itm I be- 
queth to ye hye lyght in ye same Churche vjd Itm I bequethe to the lyght 
of our ladye there vjd Itm I bequeth to ye lyght of Sa\Tit Peter there 
vjd Itm I bequethe to ye lyght of Saynt John vjd It I bequethe to Wylm 
Meryam my sone one kowe Itm I bequethe to Alexader Meryam my 
sone oe oxe and one Stere Itm I bequethe to Mary lambe my suat ij 
haflord bullokes of ij yere oylde It I bequeth to euy of my god children 
iiijd Also I wyll yt John my sone at hys owne ppere costs and chargys 
shall fynyshe and garnyse the Chamber yt ys now sett up at ye howse 
where Alexander my sone Dwellyth Also I geve to John my sone all the 
croppe of whete sowne uppon ij Crofts of land of mye in brywghton fore- 
sayde whereof oe Croft ys callyd hokmas Croft and the other boremas 
Croft ye the whiche ij Crofts of lande I haue geven by Did to Wyllm my 
sone Itm I wyll ye Resydue of all my goods catels come and stuffe of 
howsold a bove not bequethyd to John Meryam my sone Itm I wyll yt 
ye sayde John shal bestowe at my owt beryng xxs And at my monthys 
daye xls Itm I ordayne and make the sayde John my sone execut of 
thys my present testamet Thesse wytnessys Pet lej-nard Thomas Hunt 
Wylm leynard John bacheler Olyu Roode vecare of bowghto Mochesey 
and Stevyn Cheseman Clarke of the same pyshe and other 

Proved 30 May 1534 by Sir Oliver Rudde rector of Bocton, Peter Lev- 
enoth, Thomas Hunt, William Levenoth & Stephen Cheseman the wit- 
nesses with the approbation of the Executor. 



Archdeaconry Act Books, A. d. 1481 to 1640. 

1500-1 Feb. 20. In the Parish Church of St George in Canterbury 
was granted Probate of the Testament ' of Peter Meriham late of brigge 
[i.e. Bridge] deceased to the Exor Mr " Macolmus " Ramsey, vicar there 

— 1-148. 

1507 May 19. In the Church of Sutton Valence Probate of the Tes- 
tament ' of Stephen Mer)'ham late of Gouthurst was granted to the Exor 
John the son of the same — 3-111. 

1 5 10 Ap. 9. In the Church of Harrietsham, Stephen Meriam of Bocton 
Monchasey has a day appointed to answer to the charge of Blasphemy 

—3-132- 

1510-11 Feb. 14 was granted Probate of the Testament of Edward 
Meryam late of Brige deceased to John Cheeseman of the same the Exor 

— 2-150. 

1523-4 Jan. 12. In the Church of Lenham was granted Probate of 
the Testament of Thomas Meryam of Gowdhurst to the Exors Stephen 
Meryam & Thos Bratell — 5-98. 

' This will is now missing. ' See page 8. 



14 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

1526 Ap. 10. In the Church of Lenham was granted Probate of the 
Testament' of Henry Myryam late of Bocton Monchesy of whom the 
Exor is Bartholomew Myryam — 6-1 24. 

1529-30 Mar. 15. In the Church of Lenham it was ordered that Pro- 
bate of the will of Bartholomew Meryam of Bocton Monchasey deed 
should be granted to Nichs Rich & Robt Hunt of the same the Exors 
on 7 April next by the oaths of John Clerke & Bartholomew Yong wit- 
nesses — 6-147. 

? 153 1 " Wm Merya & Alexder Myrya de bocton Monchesy" sons 
of Alexr Myrya ■ of the same — entry unfinished — 7-34- 

1540-1 Jan. 10. Admon of the goods of Wm Meryam late of Boughton 
Monchesey intestate deed was granted to Agnes the relict who with Wm 
Suate of Hunton als Huntyngton in Co Kent tanner & Wm Gybson of 
the same husbandman in 30 li are bound. — Vol. 8 [no folio]. 

1545 Dec. II. Admon of Stephen Emyot of Bocton intestate deceased 
was granted to Johane Stace als Emyot Natural and lawful daughter 
of the said Deceased who with James Stace of Langley & Henry Meryam 
of Boughton Monchelsey yeoman in ;i^4o are bound — 9-21. 

1547 May 25. Probate of the will of John Meryham late of Bough- 
ton Monchelsey deceased was granted — 9-83. 

1548 May 16. Probate of the will of Richd Meriham of goodherste 
was granted. 

1549 Dec. 19. Admon of the goods of John Meryham & Nicholas 

Meryham intestate deceased was granted to Delman natural 

& lawful mother of the said Deed & Thos Chapman clerk vicar of Brenzet 
& Wm ffrythe als Poulter of the city of Cant are bound in ;^io — Vol. 9. 

1553-4 March 6 Was granted Probate of the will of Richd Wylye 
of Goodherst deed to the Exors Wm Meryham & Stephen Mer3'ham — ■ 
Vol. II. 

1558 May 31 Was ordered Probate of the will of Agnes Meryham 
of Boughton Monchelsey deed — 13-25. 

1558 Sep. 20 Was granted Admon of the goods of Stephen Meryham 
of goodherst deed to Elizabeth the relict who with Wm Nepeson is bound 
in £40 — 13-53. 

1559 May 9 Was granted Admon of the goods of John Meryam of 
Marden deed to Alice the relict who, with Nicholas Coper & John Gate- 
ford of the same in ;£4o is bound — 13-188. 

1565-6 Mar. 7 Was ordered Probate of the will William Meryham 
late of Goodherst & Commission to Sr Wm Walter vicar there to swear 
the Exor — 15-108. 

1566-7 Jan. 7. Commission issued to the Vicar of Chart Sutton to 
swear the witnesses to the will of John Meryham late of Boughton Mon- 
chelsea deed — 15-156. 

1567 Ap. 14. In the Church of Charynge was granted Probate of the 
will of Henry Meryam late of goodherst deed & Sr Wm Walter Vicar 
& John Horsmonden the Exor were sworn — Vol. 16. 



'^See page 9. ' See page 10. 



ARCHDEACONRY ACT BOOKS 15 

1571 Sep. 20 Was ordered Probate of the will' of Elline Merj'am of 
Goodherste deed & commission to the Vicar of Cranbroke to swear the 
witnesses — 17-2. 

1573 May 17. Admon of the goods of Henry Meiyam late of Bough- 
ton Munchelsie deed was granted to Johane the relict who with Richd 
Pettinggale of the same, husbandman, & John Hopkins of the City of 
Cant, innholder, was bound — 16-82. 

1596 Oct. 7. Richd Carter Clerk Vicar of Goudhurst ordered to swear 
the E.X.X of the will of \Vm Meryam late of Goudhurst deed — 23-187. 

1597 Dec. 29. Admon of the goods of Thomas Meriam late of Good- 
hurst was granted to Silvester the relict, who with George Meriam & 
Stephen Meriam of Hunton, carpenters, & \Vm Meriam of Staplehurst, 
husbandman, are bound in ;i^40 — 23-64. 

16 1 2 Ap. 4. .\(inion of the goods of Anne Merriam widow late of St 
Andrews Canterbury was granted to John Merriam son of the said Deed, 
who with Peter Bull of the same woollen Draper was bound in £10 — 
26-167. 

1615 Aug. 9. Admon of the goods of Wm Merriam late of Harrietsham 
deed was granted to Agnes Merriam the relict, who with Robert Tassell 
of the same, yeoman, & Thos ffrancis of the same, yeoman, was bound 
in ;(^ioo. 

1619-20 Feb. 26. Admon of the goods of Wm Merriam late of Min- 
ster in Thanet deed was granted to Boyes Oure the new husband [marito 
inoderno] of Eli^oibeth Merriam als Owre daughter of the sd Deed., who 
together with Francis Sanders of Monckton, gent., in £40 is bound — 
29-4. 

1626 Sep. 13. Admon of the goods of Wm Merrjam late of Boughton 
Munchelsey, a bachr., deed., was granted to Henr)' Merrj'am of Cran- 
brooke, clothier, natural & lawful brother of the sd Deed., who with 
Henry Wattes, of the city of Canterbury, Kersey maker, & James Holden 
of Cranbrook, aforesd, clothier, in £160 are bound — 30-194. 

1634 Dec. 2. Probate of the will of George Merriam late of Cran- 
brooke deed granted to Henry Merriam the son, the E.xor — 32-97. 

1639 Nov. 18. Renunciation made by Agnes Merriam, widow, relict 
of George Merriam of Marden, deed. And Thos Ownsted & Thomas 
Merriam, gent, accejited admon of goods of sd Deed., who together with 
Francis Parker of Yalding, husbandman, are bound — 33-234. 

' This will is now missing. 



PARISH REGISTERS AND MARRIAGE 
LICENSES 

Goudhurst Parish Register, compared with the Bishop's 
Transcripts of the same, at Canterbury, which begin 
in 1560. 

Baptisms, 1558 to 1615. 

1560 Sep. I. Richard son of John Meriam. 

1561 Nov. 16. John son of Wylliam Meriam. 
1561-2 Feb. 22. George son of Thomas Meriam. 

1561-2 Mar. 16. Thomas & Wylliam sons of Richard Meriam basse 
borne. 

1562 Oct. 4. Anne doughter of John Meriam. 
1563-4 Jan. 30. Thomas son of Thomas Meriam. 

1564 May II. Wylliam & Joane children of Wylliam Meriam. 

1564 Dec. 28. Joane doughter of John Meriam. 
1564-5 Jan. 12. John son of Thomas Meriam. 

1565 Dec. 16. John son of John Meriam. 
1565-6 Jan. 6. William son of Thomas Meriam. 
1566-7 Jan. 5. William son of John Meriam. 

1568-9 Feb. 8. Joane & Joane doughters of John Meriam. 
1569-70 Jan. 15. John son of Thomas Meriam. 

1570 Dec. 17. Alse doughter of John Meriam. 

1571 Apr. 29. John son of John Meriam. 

157 1 Nov. 20 [25 in Trs.]. Elizabeth doughter of George Meriam. 
1571-2 Feb. 20 [17 in Trs.]. Marie doughter of Thomas Meriam. 

1577 Mar. 25 [24 in Trs.]. Richard son of Thomas Meriam. 
1577-8 Mar. 23. Alexander son of Thomas Meriam. 

1578 July 6. Denis doughter of George Meriam. 

1580 Aug. 26. Elizabeth doughter of Richard Meriam. 

1581 May 14. Jolm son of Thomas Meriam. 

1581 July 16. William son of William Meriam. 

1582 June 24. Henrie son of Richard Meriam. 

1583 Ap. 7. Elizabeth doughter of Meriam [sic]. 

1584 Aug. 30. Annis doughter of Richard Meriam. 
1589 June 16. John son of Henrie Meriam. 

1592 Aug. 13 [20 in Trs.]. Joane doughter of Henrie Meriam. 
1598 June II. Selvister doughter of Robert Chisman. 
i6oi Aug. 16. Nicholas son of William Meriam. 

1602 Aug. 25. Thomas son of Stephen Meriam. 

1603 Sep. 18. Elizabeth doughter of Stephen Meriam. 

1605 Mar. 31. Stephen son of Stephen Meriam. 

1606 Nov. 30. Sara doughter of Stephen Meriam. 
1608 Aug. 14. Richard sonne of Stephen Meriam. 

16 



PARISH. REGISTERS 17 

1609 July 23. Wyllm sonne of Stephen Meriam. 
161 1 July — . Annes, daughter of Stephen Meriam. 

1613 March 6. John sonne of Stephen Meriam. 

1615 June 18. Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Meriam. 

Marriages, 1558 to 1648. 

1560 Oct. 13 [14 in Trs.]. Wylliam Meriam to Alse Apse. 

1568 Nov. 14. Edward Tomson to Joane Meriam. 

1571 Oct. 15. William Meriam to Joane Beall. 

1575 Aug. 7. John Startopp to Kathern Meriam. 

1580 [1581 in Trs.] June 5. Richard Meriam to Joane Papworth. 

1580 [1581 in Trs.] July 25. Thomas Buckhurst to Peace Meriam. 

1584 Sep. 27. Henrie Meriam to ffaythe Mason. 

1592-3 Feb. 10. John Meritt to Elizabeth Meriam. 

1592-3 Feb. 20. William Meriam to Rachell Weeksell. 

1594 Aug. 12. Wylliam Meriam to Margarett Bynde. 

1595 July 28. Mathew Hosher to Eve Meriam wydowe. 

1596 Nov. 29 [19 in Trs.]. Thomas Crafte to Rachell Meriam w}'dowe. 

1597 Aug. 15. Roberte Chisman to Annt>s Meriam. 

1614 July 24. Thomas Meriam to Sara Hartenden. 
1614 Oct. 17. Jeames Evans to Sara Meriam. 

Burials, 1558 to 1609. 

1559 Aug. 8. Elizabeth doughtcr of John Meriam. 

1560 June 20. Annes wife of William Meriam. 

1560 July 18. A mayde of Wylliam Meriam. 

1561 Apr. 22. Annes doughter of John Meriam. 

1564 May 14. Joane [John in Trs.] doughter of Wylliam Meriam. 

1564 Dec. 29. Joan doughter of John ^Ieriam. 

1564-5 Jan. 13. John son of Thomas Meriam. 

1565-6 Jan. I. John Meriam. 

1565-6 Jan. 28. Wylliam Meriam, housholder. 

1568-9' Feb. 8. Joan doughter of John Meriam. 

1571' Aug. 15 [14 in Trs.]. Wydowe Meriam. 

1573 May 4. John Meriam, hosolder. 

1577 Mar. 25. John son of Thomas Meriam. 

1577 Mar. 26. Richard son of Thomas Meriam. 

1578 Apr. 15. Ale.xander son of Thomas Meriam. 
[1579 Sep. 21. John Meriam, Bp's. Transcript]. 

' There is no entry of the burial of Henry Meriam, which, according to the Arch, 
deaconry Transcript of Canterbury, took place at Goudhurst, 22 Sep., 1566; but the 
original register contains no burial entries at all for Sep., 1566. 

' 1571 Sep. 20. Probate of the will of Elline Meryam of Goodherste, deceased, 
and Comission to the Vicar of Cranbroke, to swear the witnesses. — Act Book, Arch. 
Cant., 17-2. 



18 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

1579 Sep. 21. Two children of Thomas Meriam. 

1580 Aug. 6 [26 in Trans.]. Wydowe [Elizabeth in Trans.] Meriam, 
housolder. 

1583 June II. Thomas Beall, houseolder. 

1584 Aug. 30. John son of WyUiam Meriam. 

1585 May 26. The Lame sonne of Thomas Meriam. [Thomas Meriam 
in the Transcript.] 

1592 Oct. 16 [Oct. 18, and she is called Jone in Trs.]. The wyf of 
William Meriam. 

1592-3 Feb. 23. The wyf of Henrie Meriam. 

1593 June 6 [13 in Trs.]. Joane doughter of Henrie Meriam. 

1594 May 19. George Meriam, housolder. 
1596 Sep. 23. Wylliam Meriam, housolder. 
1596 Oct. 20. Robert sonne of Henrie Meriam. 

1604 May 17. Elizabeth doughter of Stephen Meriam. 



Horsmonden Parish Registers, from their beginning, in 1558, 

to 1617. 

Baptisms. 

1576 May 20. John Merryham, sonn of Richarde. 

1577 Feb. 9. Stephan Merryham, sonne of Richarde. 
1580 May 3. William Merryham, sonne of Richarde. 
1582 Nov. 4. Margeret Merryham, daughter of Richarde. 
1584 Nov. 15. Thomas Merryha, sonne of Richarde. 
1587 April 9. Alice Merryham, daughter of Richarde. 

1589 April 13. Elizabethe Merryham, daughter of Richarde. 
[1590 The names Merryall and Merrye occur frequently.] 

1595 July 29. Henry Merryha, sonne of Richarde Merryham. 

1607 Oct. 23. Joane Merryham, daughter of Hennery Merryham. 

1608 Feb. 19. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Merryham. 
161 1 Feb. 9. Richarde Merryham, son of Harry. 

1616 March 2. John Merryham, sonn of Thomas. 

Marriages. 

1563 Dec. 6. Willia Hickemote and Marye Merryham. 
1574 Nov. 27. Richarde Merryham and Agnes Were. 
1607 July 22. Henry Merryham and Joane Wattes. 

Burials. 

1558 Nov. 24. Stephen Merryham. 

1559 April 24. Agnes Were, wydowe. 
1559 Dec. 13. PhiUipp Merryham. 
1563 Sept. 13. Catherine Merryham. 



PARISH REGISTERS 19 

1576 July 31. John Merrj'ham, sone of Richarde. 
1607 Nov. 8. Joan Merryham, daughter of Henrye. 

1610 Aug. 29. Richarde Meryham. 

161 1 Nov. 12. Stephan Merryham. 

1616-7 March 2. Elizabeth Merryham, wife of Thomas. 

Boughton Monchelsea Parish Register Transcript. 
1560 to 1626. 

1561 May 12. Benet Meriham bapd. 

1564 July 12. John Meriham & Margaret Payne married. 
1564 Harry Meriham, Sidesman. 

1567-8 Feb. 25. Richard Reader & Margaret Meriham married. 
1573 Ap. 28. Harrie Meriham, householder, buried. 
1575 May 17. Margaret Meryham ye Daughter of George Meryham 
baptised. 

1577 June 30. Alice daughter of George Meriham baptd. 
1579-80 Feb. 9. Richard Cooper & Annis Meriham marrd. 
1582 May 24. John Robbeason & Margaret Meriam marrd. 
1586-7 Mar. 17. John Meriam son of Henry Meriam burd. 
1589 Ap. 12. Josias Everden & Mildred Meria marrd. 
159^ Feb. lo. Thomas Hasselden & Bennet Meriam marrd. 
1596-7 June 19. William son of George Merria baptised. 
1614 Nov. 28. Thos. Hooker & Margery Meriam married. 
1626 Sep. II. William Meriam buried. 

Frittenden Parish Register Transcript. 
1613-4 Mar. 24. William Merryam & Margaret Walchin married. 

Bearsted Parish Register Transcript. 

1609-10 Feb. 26. Thomas Meriam & Joyce Bull by licence from the 
Commioner of Faculties, were married. 

Hollingborne Parish Register Transcript. 
1622 July 8. Henry Merryham & Judith Watts married. 

Yalding Parish Registers. 
1587-1636. 

Baptisms. 

1595 Dec. 18. John Mirriam, sonne of Henry. 
1620 Dec. 3. Richd Mirriam, sonne of John. 
1622 Dec. 15. Henry Myrria, sonne of John. 



20 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

1626 Aug. 13. Thomas Mirria Sonne of John. 
1628 Aug. 21. Thomas Miriam, ye sone of Thomas. 
1628 Sept. 28. Margarett Miriam, daugliter of John. 
1630 March 27. Thomas Miriam, son of John. 
1630-1 Jan. I. Thomas Miriam [? son of] Thomas. 

1634 Sept 5. Thomas Miriam, sone of Thomas. 

[1634-5 March 23. Absolom Salmon and John Miria named as church- 
wardens.] 
1635-6 Feb. 24. Susanna Mirria, daughter of John. 

Cranbrook Parish Registers. 

1601 Julie 20. Stevan Merriam and Dorothy Collier married. 
1604 Sept. 9. John Stone and Dessms Merryd [sic] married. 

Maidstone Parish Registers, 1 542-1620. 
(Marriages only.) 

1553 July 16. Thomas meryam & Cristyne thatcher married. 

1568 Nov. 28. Thomas Meriall & Joane Cruxe married. 

1608 May 16. John Lovvdwell & Margaret Meryam married. 

161 1 Oct. 29. Alexander Meryam & Martha Harvye married. 

Canterbury Cathedral. Marriage Register. 

1785 June 28. Thomas Miriams of the District of Acol in Birchington 
& Susanna Justice of the Archbishop's Palace by Banns. 

St. Alphage, Canterbury, Parish Register. 
1657 Julv 7. Buried, Peter Va Lues the son in lawe to Larance Meram. 

St. Mary Magdalene, Canterbury, Parish Registers. 

1599 Feb. 4. Married. John Merryam & Joane Joanes. 

1615-6 Mar. 10. Baptd. Marye Meryam dau. of Edward. 

1619 Oct. 4. Buried. Mary Meryame dau. of Edward. 

1620 Ap. 9. Baptd. Mildred Meryame dau. of Edward. 

1622 Aug. 25. Baptd. Thomas Meryum son of Edward Merivm. 
1679 Oct. 27. Buried. The widdow Merriam in ye Chappleyard. 

St. George's, Canterbury, Parish Registers. 

1613 Ap. 6. Married — Edward Mirriam & Elizabeth Fittey (sic). 

1635 May 10. Bapd. Richard the son of George Simpson & Joane Miriam 
his wife. 



PARISH REGISTERS 21 

1637 Sep. 10. Bapd. Katherine the dau. of George Simpson & Joane 

Mirriam his wife. 
1639 Feb. 14. Bapd. George the son of George Simpson & Johan Meriam 

his wife. 
1650 Nov. 17. Married — Richard Marable & Mildred Miria. 



St. Peter's, Canterbury, Parish Register. 

1646 Sep. 29. Married, Robert Marrian of Cranbrooke & Katherine 
Baldock of Hothfield. 



St. Dionis Backchurch, London, Parish Register. 
1647 M^ay 25. John Hill & Elizabeth Meriam, married. 

Lewes (All Saints) co. Sussex, Parish Register. 

1587 Oct. 8. Richard Myriam and Elizabeth were maryed ye 

viijth of Octob. 1587. 

Cliffe, near Lewes, co. Sussex, parish Registers. 

1606 Nov. 14. Paul Myriam buried. 

1610 May 10. William Myriam and Joane Abbet [married]. 
1609 [sic] Jan. 19. Joane, wife of William Merryam buried. 
1652 March 11. William Merriam was buried. 

Marriage Licenses at Canterbury. 

1584 July 18. James Meryam, of Maidstone, mercer, & Ann Hen- 
man, of Lenham, virgin — to marry at Canterbury. 

1592 Oct. 31. William Merriham, of Minster, in the Isle of Thanet, 
yeoman, & Ursula Smyth, of Northbourne, virgin. 

1592-3 Feb. 15. William Merriham, of Goudhurst, husbandman, & 
Rachel Wickin, of the same parish, virgin. 

IS93~4 Feb. 26. Jonas Baker, of Preston near Faversham, yeoman, 
& Ann Mcriham, of Lenham, widow. 

1586-7 Feb. 20. Ilcnry West, of Maidstone, & Susanna Meriham 
of Lenham, virgin, — At Canterbury. 

1599-1600 Feb. 2. John Merj-am, of the parish of St. Andrew Canter- 
bury, & Joan Jones of St. Mary Magdalene Canterbury. At St. 
Mary Magdalene. 

1609 Oct. 9. William Merryham, of Marden, blacksmith, & Agnes 
Taylor of Ilarrictsham, widow — At Bloomfield. Thos Risby of 
Brenchley scythcsmith a bondsman. 



22 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

1613 Ap. 5. Edward Merriam, of St Andrew, Canterbury, shoenaaker, 
& Elizabeth Titty, of St Georges Canterbury, virgin. At St Georges 
aforesaid. 

1613 Ap. 12. William Meriam, of Minster, merchant, & Joan Blocke 
of the same parish widow. At Minster. 

1613 Dec. I. John Meriam of Ash & Margaret Goulder alias Gouldup, 
of the same parish, virgin, At Ash. 

1614 July 23. Nicholas Consant of Minster in the Isle of Thanet, yeo- 
man & Elizabeth Merryam of Ash widow. At Woodnesborough 
or Monkton. 

1614 Nov. 23. Thomas Hooker, of Boughton-Malherbe, clothier, & 
Margery Meriham of Boughton Monchelsea virgin. At {sic). 

1619-20 Feb. 25. John Merryam, of Yalden, husbandman, bachr, abt 
24, & Joan SjTnons of Marden, maiden, abt 25, whose mother — 
Symons now living at Horsmonden consents — At Marden. 

1619-20 Mar. II. Henry Merryham, of Harrietsham, kerseymaker, 
widr, upwards of 24, & Elizabeth Wattes, of the same parish, maiden, 
abt 18, daughr of William Wattes of the same, who consents. At 
Harrietsham. 

1620-1 Jan. 13. John Merryman of Harrietsham, Ripper, widr, abt 
^2, & Agnes Merriam of the same parish widow, abt 45, relict of 
William Merriam, late of the same parish, blacksmith, deceased about 
5 years since. At same. 

1625 Aug. 18. Thomas Harvey of St Clements in Middlese.x gent, bachr, 
abt 54 & Alice Dlbb, of Boughton Monchelsea, widow, abt 38, 
relict of Thomas Dabbs of St. Giles in the Fields co Middlesex gent, 
deceased. At St Peter's, Canterbury. William Merriam, of Bough- 
ton Monchelsea, clothier, a bondsman. 

1628-9 J3-I1- 14- John Salter, of St Georges, Canterbury, copemaker, 
bachr, 26, and upwards, & Ann Pising of St Paul's, Canty virgin, 
abt 22, dau. of Luke Pising deceased & of Elizabeth Pising alias 
Merriham, who consents. At St Georges, Canterbury. 

1628-p Feb. 7. Thomas Tresser, of St Andrews, Canterbury, woollen 
draper, bachr, abt 25 & Ann Meryham of same parish, virgin, abt 
20, dau. of John Meryham, of same parish, mercer, who consents. 
At same. 

1632 May 7. George SjTnpson, of St Margaret's, Canterbury, tailor, 
bachr abt 24, & Joan Merriam of Harrietsham, virgin, abt 21, who 
has the consent of her mother as is testified by John Sympson of St 
Margaret's Canterbury, grocer. At Harrietsham. 

1623 June 20. Thomas Merriam, of Staplehurst, carpenter, bachr, 
abt 30, & Agnes Hamon of Marden, virgin, abt 20, dau. of Mar- 
garet Hamon alias French of same parish, who consents. At Staple- 
burst. Stephen Merriam, of Staplehurst, carpenter, & Edward 
Merriam of Canterbury, cordwainer, bondsmen. 

1634 Aug. 19. Thomas Merryham, of Marden, carpenter, widr & 
Joan Merryham, of same parish, virgin, abt 27, dau. of George Mer- 
ryham of same parish, who consents. At St Margarets Canterbury. 
Stephen Merryham of Marden, carpenter, a bondsman. 



KENTISH FEET OF FINES 23 

KENTISH FEET OF FINES, LAY SUBSIDIES, 
POLL -BOOKS, AND iMISCELLANEA 

Kentish Feet of Fines [searched from April, 1509, to Michael- 
mas, 1642]. (Public Record Office, London.) 

The records known as Feet of Fines almost invariably have reference 
to the transfer of real estate — the first parties, designated plaintiffs, 
pctentes, or querants, being the buyers; the second parties, called de- 
fendants, lenenles or deforciants, the sellers. When a fine was levied 
the practice was to engross a record of the transaction in triplicate, upon 
a single sheet of parchment, and then to cut the sheet into three, handing 
one copy to the Ijuyer, one to the seller, and keeping one, known as the 
jool, in the custody of the court. 

The word Fine has reference to the fact that the document is a record 
of the " finis " or end of a fictitious suit, brought by the buyer to eject 
the seller from possession of the estate in (jucstion. The defendant, 
always, of course, let judgment go against him by default, and so the 
" feet " of these " final agreements," indisputable evidences of title, were 
filed as records of absolute transfer of real estate from one person to an- 
other. The Feet of Fines beginning in the reign of Richard I. [A.D. 1195] 
" cover an unbroken period of over si.\ centuries, and have no paraUel 
in the records of any other country." * — G. F. T. S. 

A.D. 1614. Easter term, 11 James I. John Stylman and George 
Wjnmble, plaintiffs v. William Myriam and Sara his wife. One messuage, 
three stables, one garden, one orchard, two acres of arable land, one acre 
of meadow and one acre of pasture in Sevenoaks, co. Kent. 

A.D. 1624. Trinity term, 22 James I. Thomas Meryam, plaintiflf, 
V. Henry Gregory and Johanna his wife. One messuage, two cottages, 
two water-mills, three bams, one garden, one orchard, fourteen acres of 
arable land, si.K acres of meadow, and ten acres of pasture in Horsmon- 
den, CO. Kent, which the said Henry and Johanna granted to the said 
Thomas for 99 years, he the said Thomas paying to the said Henn- and 
Johanna during the whole lifetime of Agnes Merj-am, mother of the said 
Thomas, £io per annum, at the house of the said Henr>' in Hunton, co. 
Kent, and after the decease of her the said Agnes Meryam, to pay to the 
same Henry and Johanna £15 per annum during the whole lifetime of 
her the said Johanna. 

A.D. 1638. Easter term, 14 Charles I. Anne Towne, widow, plain- 
tiff, V. George Mirriam and Susanna his wife. Two messuages, two bams, 
two gardens, two orchards, and si,\ acres of land in Twedley, co. Kent. 

* The Jeeds recorded in the towrs of a few states and the counties of most of the 
United States constitute a simpler and more complete record. — [C. H. P. ] 



24 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (enGLISH) 

Kentish Lay Subsidy Rolls. 

The Lay Subsidy Rolls (Henry III. to Wm. & Mary) preserved at 
the Public Record Office, London, " consist of the Rolls of Accounts, 
Assessments, Inquisitions, Certificates, and other documents relating 
to the assessing and collection of the Tallages, Carucages, Scutages, Aids, 
Subsidies, Loans, Benevolences, Contributions, Reliefs, etc., granted 
to the King by the Laity in Parliament, or enjoyed by him in virtue of 
the Royal Prerogative or ancient prescriptive right. As many of these 
Rolls contain the names of the persons assessed towards the payment 
of each subsidy, they are extremely valuable in the compilation of pedi- 
grees, showing at once the precise hundred and township in which the 
family lived at the time of the assessment, and also to a certain extent 
its rank and position, which may be deduced from the amounts paid." 
In explanation of some of the following entries, where two amounts are 
entered against a name, thus: "John Meryam, in goods -xli — vs. "it 
may be pointed out that ten pounds was the assessed value of John Mery- 
am's goods, upon which he paid a tax of five shillings. — G. F. T. S. 

A.D. 1327-77. Temp. Edward III. 

Hundred of Marden [which contains only the parishes of Harden and 

Goudhurst]. William Meriham iijs viijd. 
Borough of Wyke : John Maryom xviijd. 

(123-48.) 
A.D. 1372. 46 Edward III. 

Horsmonden: . . . Meryham . . . 

West Barnfield Hundred; Wm. Meriham xvjd. (123-29.) 

[For other entries on the Lay Subsidy Rolls prior to A.D. 1400, see 
page I.] 
A.D. 1523-4. 15 Henry VIII. 

Headcorn : John Meryam, in goods xli. vs. 

Horsmonden : Henry Meryam, in goods iijli ijs. 

Stephen Meryham, in lands iiijli xiijs. iiijd. iijs. 

viijd. 

Alexr. Meryham, in goods .xvjs. viijd. 

John Meryham, in goods -xls. xijd. 

Willni. Meryham, in goods xls. xijd. 



(124-192.) 



A.D. 1543-4- 35 Henry VIII. 

Boughton Monchelsea: John Meryham, in goods xiijs. iiijd. 
Henry Meriham, in goods viijd. 

Horsmonden: Stephen Maryon, in goods iijs. viijd. 

West Barnfield Hundred: Rychd. Meryham, in goods iijs. 

(125-268.) 
A.D. 1544. November, 36 Henry VIII. 

Maidstone: Alice Meriam, in lands vjd. (125-280.) 

A.D. 1544. 36 Henry VIII. Benevolence. 

West Barnfield Hundred: Richard Meryham xs. 

Aythorne Hundred : John Meryam .xvjs. (125-290.) 



KENTISH FEET OF FINES 25 

A.D. 1545-6. March 9. 
Boughton Monchelsea : John Meryam, in goods xvs. 

Henn' Men'ham, in goods iiijs. viijd. 
Maydstone : Alys Meryham, widow, in lands vjs. 
Stephyn Meryham, in lands viijs. 

(125-307.) 
A.D. 1571. Aug. 2. 

Boughton Monchelsea : Henrie Meriham, in lands x.xs. ijs. 

viijd. 

Maidstone : John Mer}-ani, in lands xls. vs. iiijd. 

(126-417.) 
A.D. 1572. September. 

Horsmonden : Richd. Merryam, in lands .\xs. x\')d. 

The heirs of Stephen Merryam, in lands .xxs. xvjd. 

A.D. 1597-8. Feb. 9. (126-424.) 

Boughton Monchelsea: Henry Meryham's widow, in lands xxxs. 

vjs. 



A.D. 1598. Sept. 20. 

Tudeley: Willm. Meryam, in goods iijli. viijs. 

Rugmerhill : Ilenrye ^Ieryam, in lands xxs. iiijs. 

A.D. 1598. Oct. 10. 
Minster: Willm. Merr)'am, in goods vli. xiijs. iiijd. 



(127-535-) 

(127-515-) 
(127-519.) 



A.D. 1599. Sept. 22. 

Rugmerhill: Henry Merriam, in goods, iijli. viijs. 

Horsmonden: Richd. Merriam, in lands xxs. iiijs. 

Tudeley: Willm. Merriam, in goods iijli. viijs. (127-522.) 

A.D. 1600. Sept. 25. 

Horsmonden: Richd. Marj'ham, in lands .x.xs. iiijs. 

Tudeley: Wm. Meryan, in goods iijli. viijs. 

Rugmerhill : Henrj- Meryam, in goods iijli. viijs. 



(127-527.) 



A.D. 1610. Oct. 2. 

Rugmerhill : Henrie Meriam, in lands .xls. vs. iiijd. 

Tudeley: William Meryham, in goods iiijli. vjs. viijd. 

(i27-s6oa.) 
A.D. 161 1. March 27. 

Rugmerhill : Henry Myrriam, in lands x.xs. xvjd. 

Tewdley: William Merrj-am, in goods iiijli. iiijs. (127-569.) 

A.D. 1621. Oct. 17. 19 James I. 

Chilton near Canterbur)^ John Meryam, in goods iijli.' 



A.D. 162 1-2. March 16. 

Tudeley: William Merriam, in goods iijli. iiijs. 

Rugmerhill, parish of Yalding : John Meriam, in lands xxs. xvjd. 



(127-578.) 

xvjd. 

(127-572.) 



26 GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA (eNGLISH) 

A.D. 1623. 21 James I. 
Burgate, city of Canterbury : John Meream, in goods . . . 



(127-584) 



A.D. 1625. March 25. 

Rugmerhill : John Merriam, in lands xxs. iijs. 

(127-587.) 
[No Merriam appears under Hadlow throughout. — C. E. G.-D.] 



NOTE BY THE AMERICAN COMPILER 

In addition to the foregoing pages we reprint on subsequent pages, in 
their proper connection in the genealogy, the will of William Merriam, of 
Hadlow, and extracts from those of Robert Pyper and Robert Goldstone. 

There are also in the English Book several wills of persons who are 
definitely known to have been of other lines from that of William, of 
Hadlow, that is, neither his ancestors nor brethren; and reports of Chan- 
cery proceedings relating to some of those persons; also documents con- 
cerning persons of the name at later dates than the death of William, 
with whom this genealogy really begins. All these articles add greatly to 
the comprehensive exhibit of the Merriam Family in England, yet we 
have thought them not needful for the purposes of this work. They show 
how thoroughly Mr. Charles Pierce Merriam and his assistants explored 
every available source of information and with what remarkable success. 
But this book simply aims at presenting the succession of documents in 
which there may be seen a definite family life, whose current, though 
spreading out somewhat broadly at first, narrows down to the time and 
home of the man at Hadlow. — C. H. P. 



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Merriam Genealogy 

In England and America 



FIRST GENERATION 



WILLIAM MERRIAM, 

the first of this line of whom we have at this writing absolute 
proof, and from whom the numbering of the generations in 
this book proceeds, was a resident of the county of Kent cer- 
tainly for many years. In the " Kentish Lay Subsidy Rolls 
we find several entries which definitely point to him." 

" A.D. 1598. Tudeley: Willm. Mer>am, in goods iijli. viijs." 

" A.D. 1599. Tudeley: Willm. Merriam, in goods iijli. viijs." 

Similar entries and amounts slightly varying appear for the 
years 1600, 1610, i6ii,and 1621, with changes of spelling 
quite sufficient. No record of his residing at Hadlow appears 
in these documents. 

In the deeds of land, the only equivalent of which exist 
in " The Feet of Fines " in early English records, we find the 
following, which must refer to the man we are considering. 

"A.D. 1614. Easter term, 11 James I. John Stylman and George 
Wymble, plaintiffs v. William Myriam and Sara his wife. One messuage, 
three stables, one garden, one orchard, two acres of arable land, one acre 
of meadow and one acre of pasture in Sevenoaks, co. Kent." 

Perhaps this property had come into the family through 
Sara, the wife, and was now being turned into money to be 
used in the business of the " clothier;" for this was the trade 
of William, as we learn from the next document which has 
been found relating to him. He lived to a period when he 

27 



28 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

called himself " aged," a word which has been applied to people 
all the way from fifty to a hundred years of age, but which, 
in general, suggests the neighborhood of seventy-five. Whether 
he carried on his business at Hadlow or was living there in 
well-earned comfort after a busy career at Tewdly, where 
we find his eldest son living, no one can say; but his will 
does not mention any buildings or apparatus belonging to 
the trade. A " clothier " was a man who combined the vari- 
ous departments of cloth-making and handled the products. 
The carder prepared the wool for the spinster; the weaver 
passed his pieces over to the webster and fuller; the tucker 
got things in shape for the shearman; and the clothier criti- 
cized, accepted, or rejected, and adjusted the prices of the 
cloths, and put them on the market. One of the ancient 
guilds of old Devonshire, that at. Exeter, was "The Guild 
of Weavers, Fullers, Tuckers, and Shearmen," whose rec- 
ords the \\Titer examined in 1887. Clothiers were generally 
men who comprehended the entire process of manufactur- 
ing cloth, and who were cloth merchants; so the trade or 
business implied a person of large brain and strong grasp 
of details and good sagacity. It was also usually very prof- 
itable, so that clothiers were very often more wealthy than the 
gentry, as well as more intelligent and virtuous. 

We have no records of the marriage or marriages of William 
Merriam, nor of the births of his children, the records of 
many parishes in the region about Hadlow having been ex- 
amined fruitlessly; still there is reason to hope that some 
parish not yet searched may prove to have been the family 
home while the man was passing along his early manhood 
and bringing up his family. 

In the same way the ancestry of the man is still not really 
established, although the records given in the Appendix fur- 
nish some grounds for constructing a pedigree.' 

Taking the data which we have, then, we may notice the 
region where the cradle of the American family has been found. 

TuDELEY, where the family was found in 1598, and where 
Joseph resided at the time of his father's death, is a little 
hamlet close by the town of Tonbridge and only a short dis- 

' See second pedigree table anti. William, Jr., if the child bapt. at Goudhurst, 
May II, 1564, would be 71 in 1635. 



FIRST GENERATION 29 

tance from the famous watering-place of Tunbridge Wells; 
indeed, the medicinal waters come out through the rocks 
here as they do at the celebrated town. There are no sug- 
gestions at present of any former business of importance. 
A clothier living at this point would have to travel a long way 
about to gather much cloth, but that may have been the man- 
ner of the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries. To-day hop- 
growing and strawberry-raising occupy the people more than 
sheep-keeping, and there are no hand looms at work now. 

Sevenoaks, where William and Sara sold land in 1614, 
is half a dozen miles northwest from Tonbridge, situated on 
the ridge of sand-hills which divide the county into the Up- 
land and the Weald ; it is airy and healthful, with fine views 
of the country, is a market town, and the seat of famous schools. 
Several families of distinction have their seats in the vicin- 
ity. 

GouDHURST, in which William owned land, is 4 miles 
northwest from Cranbrook, 5 south from Marden station 
on the Southeastern Railway, and 43 from London. Most 
of the town is situated on a fine ridge, 419 feet above sea-level, 
commanding a broad prospect. Has long been a prosperous 
farming town. 

Yalding, another place where the family owned property, 
is on low ground near the confluence of the Beult and Teise 
with the navigable Mcdway, and is often swept by the waters 
in wet seasons; has a railroad station a mile from the vil- 
lage toward Tonbridge; is one of the most extensive hop- 
growing districts of Kent in these days; was a quiet agri- 
cultural region in the period we are studying. 

Hadlow, the family home when the precious will which 
connects old and New England together for this family was 
made, is 4 miles northeast of Tonbridge, and thus very near 
Tudeley. It lies in the Weald and has no special local at- 
tractions, e.xccpt Hadlow Castle, whose elegant mansion and 
lofty tower are very interesting and (juitc put its warlike fea- 
tures out of mind. Fruit, wheat, hops, and the sheep indus- 
try in a small way occupy the people. The country is beau- 
tiful and homelike. 

The following will was first discovered in modern times 
by the late William Sumner Applcton, Esq., of Boston, whose 
connection with the family is shown in No. 19. We reprint 



30 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

it from the pages of Mr. Charles Pierce Merriam's Collec- 
tions, and add a portion of the will of a brother-in-law (what- 
ever that may have meant) of William Merriam, from the 
same source. 

William Mirriam, of Hadlow, co. Kent, clothier. Dated 8 
Sept., 1635; proved 27 Nov., 1635. (Consistory of 
Rochester.) 

In the name of God Amen the eighth daie of September in the yeare of 
our Lord Christ one thousand si.x hundred thirty and live I William Mirriam 
of Hadlowe in the County of Kent Clothier being of sound and good mem- 
ory And in reasonable good health of body but aged And thereby as 
well as by daylie examples and the consideracon of mans mortalitye put 
in mynde of my last end and departure of this world for the selling of 
that estate wherewith God hath blessed mee doe ordayne and make this 
my Testament and last Will in manner followinge First therefore recom- 
mending my soule to the gratious acceptance of Almightie God through 
Jesus Christ my Saviour And my Bodie to the Earth in decent manner 
to be buried I will to the poore of Hadlowe Tenn shillings Item I will 
to Susan my daughter already preferred fifty shillings Item I will to my 
daughter Margarit likewise preferred alredy the like sume of fifty shil- 
lings Item to my daughter Joane already preferred one shillinge Item 
I will to Sara my daughter the sume of fortie poundes of lawfuU English 
money to be paid unto her within three monethes next after my decease 
by mine executor here after named Item I will to Sara my loveinge wife 
aU the household stuffe of myne which is in my nowe dwelling house scit- 
uate at Barnestreete in Hadlowe aforesaid Item I will to the said Sara 
my wife The Five poundes p Annum which she is to be paid out of my 
landes in Goodherst in the County of Kent duringe her naturall life And 
allsoe I will unto her Three poundes p Annu of lawfuU English money 
to be paid to her during her naturall life (halfe yearely by equall porcons) 
out of my tenement and lands in Yaldinge in the said County And for 
defaulte of payment thereof to her accordinglie I will that it shall and 
may be lawfull to and for my said wife and her assignes to enter and dis- 
treyne upon my said tenement and landes or any parte thereof And the 
distresse and distresses to hold and deteyne vntill the said Annuity of 
three poundes shall be paid unto her from tyme to tyme according to the 
purport of this my Will And further I will that my said wife shall freely 
and quietly have her dwelling & abidinge in my dwellinge house afore- 
said after my decease during the whole terme of her naturall life with 
free howse ingresse egresse and recourse to and from the same And into 
and from the gardens and orchards for herbs water and for her Bruinge 
Bakeing washing dryeinge and the like needful occasions Item I w-ill 
to my Sonne Joseph Mirriam all such household stuSe as I shall have at 
the time of my decease remayning and being in the howse wherein^he now 
dweUeth scituate in Tewdly or elsewhere where he shall shall^then dwell 



FIRST GENERATION 31 

being in his custod)' or possession Item I will to George Mirriam my 
Sonne five poundcs and to his daughter Mary my god-daughter five shil- 
lings Item I will to William Howe my grandchild Tenn shillings And 
to every childe of his father Thomas Howe which he had by my daugh- 
ter his late deceased wife I will five shillings Item I will to V\"illiam Mir- 
riam my grandchilde sonne of the said Joseph my sonne five shillings 
All which Legacyes before by mee bequeathed (not assigned to anie tyme 
of payment) I will shalbe paid within one whole next after my decease 
And if anie Legatorie before named shalbe then within age I will my exec- 
utor shaU paie it to the parent of such Legaton,e and so shalbe discharged 
thereof And as touchinge my lands and tenements this is alsoe the last 
Will of mee the said William Mirriam made and declared the dale and 
yeare first above written Item I will to Joseph Mirriam my sonne and 
to his heires and assignes for ever All my Landes and Tenements lying in 
Yalding in the said Countie of Kent with theire and every of theire ap- 
purtenncs charged with the before mentioned Annuitie of three poundes 
willed to my said wife as aforesaid to be paid unto her Item I will to 
Robert Mirriam my sonne and to his heires and assignes for ever all that 
Messuage or Tenement wherein I nowe dwell scituate lying and beinge in 
Hadlowe aforesaid with the Barnes Outhouses Yardes Gardens Orchards 
And all my Landes thereto belonginge And alsoe all other my Landes Ten- 
emts and Hereditaments with theire and even*- of theire appurtenncs lying 
and being in Hadlowe aforesaid To hold to the said Robert his heires 
and Assignes for ever He and they sufferinge my wife to have her dwell- 
ing and the Easements and comodityes afores;iid To the which Robert 
my sonne I will and give all my Goods and Chattels not formerly be- 
queathed To hold to him his executors and Assignes for ever And I 
doe ordeyne & make the said Robert the full and sole Executor of this 
my Testament & last Will sealed with my Scale Dated the daie and yeare 
first before written — The marke of the'sitid William Mirriam — Sealed 
subscribed and declared in the presence of Thomas Humphrey — John 
Hooper norie pbqe 

Proved 27th ) 

Novr 1635 J 

Robert Pyper of Tonbridge, Dated ii June, 1616; proved 
2 Aug., 1616. (P.C.C. 86 Cope.) 

" I RoBKRT PvPKR of Tonbridge in the Countie of Kent, Clothier." 
^ ^ To the poore i)coplc resorting to my buryall or other of the parishe of 
Tonbridge 40s. To Elizabeth and 5largaret my two eldest daughters 
£50 apeece to be made up with the portions willed by the Testament 
of John Hablett theire late grandsire deceased. To Anne my third daugh- 
ter £40 whereof her sayed grandsire's portion to her also given to be ac- 
compted parcell. To Mary my youngest Daughter ;(;4o. All which leg- 
acies are payable at 21 or marriage. Margaret my wife and Robert Piper 
my son to be join executors. Daniel Piper my brother and William Mer- 
ryam my brother-in-lawe to be overseers thereof. Concerning my Lands 
1 devise to Robert Piper my eldest sonne that messuage wherein 1 now 



32 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

dwell called Loges adjoining to the highe vvaye leading between Tunbridge 
and Tewdley against the north to the highway leading from Tonbridge 
to ffish lodge brooke against the west and Southeast and each to hold the 
same to him and to his heirs for ever. 

" Furthermore I will and prouide that yf my youngest sonne William 
Piper shall hereafter be trayned up to be a Clothier and so shall come to 
use the same trade That then he the said William shall have libertie freelie 
and peaceablie to come and goe at all tymes reasonable and in reasonable 
sorte order and manner during his naturall life to and from my vvorke- 
house and there to use the fatt Copper and other ymplements and the 
water of the pond for the Dying of his owne wooll onlie and to laye in 
wood from tyme to tyme in the Close or yard belonging to my saied Worke- 
house and to spend out the same in the said workhouse for the Dying 
of the saied wooll and to use the Hurdle and Teynter uppon my landes 
before willed to my sonne Robert." 

Other lands in Tonbridge to my said son William at 21 and to his heirs. 

(Signed) Robert Pyper. 

Witnesses, William Mirriam, Thomas Gouldsmithe, William Love, 
and John Hooper, Notary Public. 

Proved 2 Aug. 1616 by Margaret Piper natural and lawful daughter 
(sic) of the said deceased and one of the executors. 

Children of " William " of Hadlow, order not known : 
Susan. 
Margaret. 
A daughter who m. Thomas Howe. 

2. Joseph, b. about 1600. 

3. George, b. about 1603. 
Joane. , "^'^^'^ 
Sara. 

4. Robert, b. about 1613. 

SECOND GENERATION 



Joseph' {William'), eldest of the sons mentioned in the 
father's will, and the only one through whom the family name 
has descended, was probably born in the county of Kent, 
about the year 1600. He married Sara, daughter of John 
and (probably) Frances (Jefferie) Goldstone, whose brother 
was a resident of the town of Tonbridge, near by the home 
of Joseph and that of his father at the period of the emigra- 
tion. 

Robert Goldston of Tonbridge, in the county of Kent, 
in his will dated 10 April, 1637, proved the i6th of May, 
made the following bequests to this family. 



SECOND GENERATION 33 

" To Sara the wife of Joseph Merryam of Tevvdly, Clothier, my sister, 
Ten shillings . . . and to Hanna Mirriam my goddaughter the daugh- 
ter of the said Joseph one paire of fine sheets." 



" I give & bequeath unto Willia, Sara Joseph Thomas Elizabeth and 
Hannah the six children of the said Joseph Mirriam by the said Sara his 
now wife to ether of them the like some of Six pound apeece to be paid 
them likewise within five yeares next after my decease." 

The number of these children affords a cliie to the length 
of time which had elapsed since Joseph's marriage, from which 
we may safely infer that the couple were married about the 
year 1623. This would suggest that Joseph may have been 
born about the year 1600. In the same way we get ground 
for estimating the births of the children in the years 1624, 
1626, 1628, 1630, 1632, and 1636. But this is given as simple 
inference, not as histor}'. 

We know that Joseph had learned and entered on the busi- 
ness which his father had followed, for Robert Goldstone's 
will gives him the title " clothier," which is evidence of an 
unquestionable sort. This business had put him in posses- 
sion of good means for the venture on a voyage to New Eng- 
land, and gave him a good start herei But it would necessa- 
rily give him a great deal of work in the line of collections, 
settlements, sales, and shipments. With so much property 
and such excellent business experience, it is not strange that 
he joined with others in chartering a vessel and taking freight 
and passengers to help pay the expenses of the voyage. The 
particulars of his venture are many of them brought out in 
connection with lawsuits between the partners. And the 
Note-book of the lawryer, Thomas Lcchford, who was doing 
a notarial business in Boston in those years, contains abstracts 
of the papers which we present Ijelow. 

Thomas Rucke of Charlestown in New England planter Pit. 

William Hatch of Scituate in New England planter Defdt. 

To the Governor & assistants of the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth 
in New England humbly complayning showeth unto yor Worshipps Thomas 
Rucke of Charlestownc in New England planter that whereas this Complt 
and one Joseph Meriam of Concord in New England Planter Came joynt 
undertakers in the shipp Castle of London vvch arrived at the port of 
Charlestownc in the moneth of July Anno Dvi 1638. And one the said 
William Hatch was also undertaker with them and undertook by agree- 



34 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

ment to manage as a steward all their joynt businesse of undertaking and 
concerning every mans passage and all passengers goods that came in the 
said shipp and to take notice and keepe account how much every pas- 
sengers goods and how much the severall undertakers owne goods were 
in manage and what every one of the said passengers and undertakers 
were to pay for their severall passage & goods and to deliver to every 
of the said undertakers and passengers their severall allowance of vict- 
ualls & to cause that all the Caske vessells rundletts & provisions layd in 
for store and left at the said shipps arrival in New England aforesaid 
should be equally divided to the said undertakers parte and part alike, 
for wch stewardship the said William Hatch was allowed by the said Complt 
& Joseph Meriam the summe of 30 li and other profitts to the value of 20 li 
more in all 50 li. 

Rucke avers that Hatch had already settled with Meriam and quotes 
the following memorandum which he had seen in " a little paper booke 
of the said Joseph Meriams " : 

" July 13th 1638. One after pt of the profitts of the freight of the Castle 
and of provisions left in my hands comes unto wch I doe owe unto Joseph 
Meriam 15 1 14 s. William Hatch." 

^ 
New Plymouth in New England 3 Sept 1639 
In the Court There 
Joseph Meriam of Concord in New England Plf ) In an action of tres^ 
William Hatch of Scituate in New England Deft | pass upon the case. 

The Pit complayneth against the defendt that whereas the defendt 
heretofore that is to say in the moneth of Aprill in the fourteenth yeare 
of the raigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles now King of England the 
defndt was indebted unto the pit the summe of thirty and five pounds 
wch he received of Robert Meriam for the Pits use and on his behalf which 
the defendt promised to pay when he should be required the same and the 
Defendt did afterwards indeed pay unto the Pit the summe of thirty pounds 
thereof. And whereas the Pltiff and Defendt upon the thirteenth day of 
July in the fourteenth yeare aforesaid did account together for divers mon- 
eys due from the one to the other & the Defendt was then found in arrear- 
ages to the pit the summe of fifteene pounds and fourteen shillings wch 
then also he promised to pay unto the pit when he should be required the 
same and the defendt did afterwards indeed pay unto the pit the summe 
of ten pounds thereof Notwithstanding the aforesaid defendt . . . refused 
and doth refuse to pay the balance etc. therefore this suit was brought. 

The papers in the case were sent to Plymouth Court with 
a letter from Gov. Winthrop to Gov. Bradford, asking that 
justice be done between the parties, 22(6), 1639. 

Joseph made his home in Concord, having a comfortable 
homestead for a " planter." He was soon received to the 
church, and, in accordance with the method of the time, 
was admitted to the freemanship or citizenship of the Col- 



SECOND GENERATION 35 

ony of Massachusetts Bay on the 14th of the first month, 
March, 1638-9, nine months after his arrival. 

His hfe in the colony was brief. He died on the first day 
of January (1(1 1), 1640-1, leaving a will which shows his 
business-like habits and his kindly thought for the wel- 
fare of others. 

His oldest son William was not yet of age. The expected 
child had {)rovision made for his support. Two of the fore- 
most citizens of the little town and his brother Robert were 
charged with the duty of overseeing the carrying out of his 
plans for his loved ones. 

THE WILL OF JOSEPH MERRIAM 

The 2qth of the roth month in the yeare of or Lord 1640. The last 
will & Testament of Joseph Miriam of Concord. 

I Joseph Miriam of Concord being weake in bodie but blessed be God 
of good memory & sence inwardly do comit my soule to God in Jesus 
Christ & my body to the earth from whence it came. 

Item I give & be<|ucath to Sarah my wife all my whole estate towards 
and for the bringing up of all my children; & I do give to the said Sarah 
my wife power and authority to sell my house that I now dwell in if God 
shall offer such an op|>ortunity it being larger and bigger than she shall 
stand in need of: and that the overplus of providing a lesse house shalbe 
disposed in some way for the good & benefit of my wife & children: And 
my mind & will is that my wife shall have the bringing uj) of all my chil- 
dren until! they come to the age of one and twenty yeares the sonns & the 
daughters either at that time or the day of marriage: & my will & mind 
is that when my eldest child shall come to the age of one & twenty yeares, 
then my estate shalbe prised & the said Sarah my wife shall have the 
third part of my estate at that time in possession, whether augmneted 
or diminished, according as God hath blessed it : & my sonns shall have 
a double [wrtion with my daughters and according as my children come 
to age, I meanu my sonns to one & twenty and my daughters either at 
that age or at the day of marriage: they shall receive theire portions ac- 
cording to the proportion of estate at that time when each of them shall 
come to age or as aforesaid And my will & mind is that if the said Sarah 
my wife shall marry againe that then my estate shall be prised: & val- 
ued & the said Sarah my wife shall have the third wholely to her selfe; 
the rest of my estate shalbe for my children, & the increase of that shalbe 
for the bringing of them up untill my sonne William sh.dl con^e to one 
& twenty yeares, & then he shall have his jwrtion as aforesaid : & then 
the rest of my estate both [)rincipall & increase shalbe preserved for my 
other children I conceiving they then being sufi'icient to live of themselves: 
except it be in case of sicknes or infirmity; wch then according to any 
of theire necessities shalbe supply made out of the stock undivided. 

And furdcr my will & mind is, that if my wife be with child; that 



36 MERRIA]VI GENEALOGY 

then none of my children shall have any increase of my stock preserved 
for them, but according as they come to age they shall receive theire 
portions as aforesaid: & the increase of the stock still undivided shall 
go for the bringing up of the yonge one : 

And my mind & will is to make my wife my whole executor & with 
her my trusty & wellbeloved brethren Mr Thomas Flint, Simon Willard, 
Robert Miriam, whom I humbly intreate & put in trust to take care & 
oversee & give counsel to my wife about my estate & children and theire 
affaires: & especially my wife shall not sell my house or any accommo- 
dations without theire councell & approbation or the major part of them. 

Proved 26 October, 1642. 

The widow Sara married second, Lieut. Joseph Wheeler, 
of Concord. The tliree sons, William, Joseph, and John, 
joined in a quitclaim deed of any rights they might be sup- 
posed to have in the estate of Joseph Wheeler, " their father- 
in-law " (or stepfather as we now say), April 17, 1667. Sarah, 
" wife of Lift. Joseph Wheeler," died March 12, 1 670-1. 



Children : 



5- 






ii. 


6. 


iii. 




iv. 




V. 




vi. 


7- 


vii. 



William,^ b. in England about 1624. 

Sarah, b. in England about 1626. 

Joseph, b. in England about 1628. 

Thomas, b. in England; living in 1637. 

Elizabeth, b. in England; m. Thomas Henchman (Hinkes- 

man); living in 1681 and a legatee of her uncle Robert Mer- 

riam, of Concord. 
Hanna, b. in England; living in 1637. 
John, b. after the death of his father, at Concord, July g, 1641. 



George^ {William'), born in England, date and place 
not yet learned, but not far from the year 1603; married at 
Tunbridge, Kent, 16 October, 1627, Susan (Susanna) Raven, 
and resided there till 1637, certainly, perhaps till the time 
of his removal to New England. The first trace of his pres- 
ence in this country is after the death of Joseph. He was 
admitted to freemanship 2 June, 1641, and must have been 
here some little time before to become a member of the church, 
which was then a prerequisite to freemanship; but the fact 
that he was not one of the overseers of Joseph's will looks as 
if he was not in the plantation at that date. 



SECOND GENERATION 37 

Among the " Feet of Fines " or deeds of land in the county 
of Kent, A.D. 1638, Easter term, Charles I., is a conveyance 
by " George Mirriam and Susanna his wife " of " Two mes- 
suages, two barns, two gardens, two orchards, and six acres 
of land in Tewdley, co. Kent," to " Anne Towne, widow." 

He made his home in Concord, where several children were 
born in addition to those registered at Tunbridge. Death 
had invaded the ranks, however,, and we find names repeated. 
He died 29 December, 1675, leaving the following will; 



THE WILL OF GEORGE MERRIAM / 

I George Mirriam of Concord in New Engld. in the Coun. of Midd. 
being in jjerfect memory do make this my last will and testamt. in man- 
ner & forme as following. 

first I comitt and comend my Soul into the hands of God my mercifull 
father, who hath called mec to the fellowship of his son Jesus Cht. in whom 
I have believed, knowing he is able to keep yt wch I have comitted to 
him, and my body to be decently buryed, beleiveing the resurrecon thereof 
to Eternal! life. As touching the temporal estate that God hath given mee 
ac followeth. 

Itm. I give to my beloved wife all my moveables to be at her dispose. 
Itm. I give to my five daughters, Sarah Gove of Cambridge, Elizab. West 
of Salem, Hannah AxdcU of Marlbury, Susan Scotchford of Concord and 
Abigail Hateman of Concord, these sevrall parcels of land hereafter men- 
tioned, namely : Eighteen accrs of upland beyond Crane feild, Si.x accrs 
meadow at faire haven, Two accrs of plow land in the South feild. Two 
accrs of meadow in the great meadow, fifteen accrs of woodland beyond 
Cedar Swamp, five accrs of woodland by Mr Flynts pond, fourten accrs 
of wood land at ye head of ye o.xpasture, Eight accrs of land by ye sub- 
urbs neere Rocky meadow, fifty seaven accrs of land, & forty five accrs 
of land, at ye lower end of Elme brook meadow, Thirten accrs of meadow 
called Birch meadow, to be equally divided between them, as they shall 
agree among themselves, or upon non agreemt by a Comittee mutually 
chosen between them. Itm. I give to my sonn Samuel my houseing & 
lands joyneing thereunto, cont'. three lotts, being in quantity thirty accrs 
more or less, & six accrs meadow in the Town meadow, with two accrs 
of upland thereto adjoyneing, & twelve of meadow in Elm brook meadow, 
with four accrs of swamp & upland joyneing thereto, & two accrs in Cedar 
swamp, provided that this my son Samuel do well provide for comforta- 
ble maintenance of his mother during her naturall life, & take care for 
her decent burjall wn deceased, My will also is that if Susan my wife 
for her greater conveniency shall choose to live with any of her daughters, 
or any other place in Concord, that then my said son Samuel shall allow 
five pounds p ann to his mother in such provissions as are meet for her 
in the place shea shall from time to time be in; Also I appoynt my said 



38 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

son Samuel Executor of this my last will and testamt. In witness whereof 
I set to my hand & seale, this 8th day of Octob. one thousand six hun- 
dred seaventy & five. 

George Mirryam. 

Signed & Sealed 
In the presence of 
Joseph Estabrook 
Robert Mirriam 
Thomas Burgas 
mark 
Proved 4 April 1676 

Children : 

i. Mary, bapt. at Tunbridge 14 Nov. 1628; bur. 4 Dec. 1628. 

ii. Mary, bapt. at Tunbridge 14 Nov. 1630; d. at Concord Aug. 

10, 1646. 
iii. Susan, b. at time and place unknown ; m. John Scotchford, of 

Concord; d. 2 Feb. 1707; he d. 10 June, 1696. 
iv. Elizabeth, bapt. at Tunbridge 18 Jan. 1635; bur. (?) 14 May, 

1636. 
V. Joseph, bapt. at Tunbridge 26 Feb. 1637; d. young, 
vi. Sarah, b. " 17 (5) 1649 " [should be 1639]; m. 14 Oct. 1658, 

VVilHam Hall, who d. 10 March, 1667; she m. (2) Gove, 

of Cambridge; d. before 1681. 
vii Elizabeth, b. at Concord 8 (by one record) 11 (by another) 

of Nov., 1641 ; m. in Salem " by Mr. Mirriam of Concord " 

7 Sept. 1664, Henry West, of Salem; she d. in Aug. 1691. 
8. viii. Samuel, b. at Concord 21 (5) i64[3?]. 

ix. Abigail, b. at Concord 15 (5) i6[4S?]; m. 25 April, 1672, 

Thomas Bateman, of Concord; she d. 14 July, 1684; he d. 

6 Oct. 1727 [?]. 
X. Hannah, b. at Concord 14 (5) 16 [47?]; m. 14 June, 1665, 

Henry Axtell, of Marlborough; he was killed by the Indians 

19 April, 1676; she m. (2) 16 July, 1677, William Taylor, 

of Concord, who d. 6 Dec. 1696. 



Robert = (William ') was born in England about the year 
1613, according to the age he gave in the following deposition 
which relates to the suit of his brother Joseph mentioned 
on a previous page. 

Robert Meriam of Concord in New England planter, aged about 26 
yeares, sworne, Deposeth upon his oath that in the moneth of April in 
the foureteenth yeare of the Kings Mais raigne that now is he delivered 



SECOND GENERATION 39 

unto William Hatch one of the undertakers in the ship called the Castle 
of London, for her voyage to New England that yeare, in the Masters 
Roundhouse aboard the said ship while she was in the River of Thames 
the summe of thirty and five pounds of lawfull money of England in the 
behalfe of Joseph Meriam brother of this Deptonent, etc. [Lechford's 
Notebook, g2.] 

He came to New England in 1638, and entered into the 
life of the new country with energy and character. Resided 
a short time in Charlestown, where he had a house and ware- 
house, woodland, marsh, and cow commons in 1638, but 
soon removed to Concord. Pie joined the church; was made 
a freeman 13 March, 1638-9; was chosen deacon and filled 
the office with credit, and also served the town acceptably 
as clerk and representative to the General Court. Had no 
children. 

He married Mary, daughter of Edmund Sheafe, of Cran- 
brook, CO. Kent, who was baptized there 26 Sept., 1620. 
He died in Concord 15 Feb., 1682. She died 22 July, 1693, 
" aged 72 years," says her gravestone. Each left a will full 
of interest to our readers, which we give below. 

THE WILL OF ROBERT MERRIAM 

I Robert Meriam of C\)ncord in the County of Middclsex in Massa- 
chusetts Colony in New England, being in ))rfect memory doe make this 
my last will and Testament in manour and forme following: 

First I comitt & comend my soulc into the hands of God my faithfuU 
I''atluT who lialh called me to the fellowship of his son Jesus Christ in 
hom 1 have beleved, knowing that he is able to keepe that which I have 
comitted to him and my body to be decently buryed, beleving the Res- 
urrection thereof to eternall life, as touching tiie temjjorall Estatwhich 
God hath given me, as foloweth : 

It I give to my loving wife all my moveables to be to her use and dis- 
pose, and the housing and lot of land it stands on & two orchards: which 
I now live in ; and lyeth in the Towne of Concord ; between John Wheelers 
hou.se lott; and Joslmah Whelers and also all the medow I have lying 
in the great Medow between Mr John Flints medow; and my Cosen Buss 
medow; and ail that medow & upland lying in oake medow or mento 
so called; and ninty six acres of coman land in the South ((uarter of the 
Towne as the bounds of it api)ear in the Towne booke. 

It I give to my Cosen Is:iak Day in old England, which is son to my 
sister Joan Day now decesed; all my housing and lands being and lying 
within the bounds of Cambridg; provid he come over and take possession of 
it before my wifes decese, in case he doe not, I give it to my Cosen Joseph 



40 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Meriam now decesed, Robert Meriam his son of the Towne of Cam- 
bridg and his heires forever. 

It I give to my Cosen Jonathan Hubard hoe liveth with me twenty shil- 
lings. 

It I give to Joseph French, whoe formerly lived with me; Twenty 
acres of land to be laved out where he now liveth; and all the housing 
which stands on it; beginning at the drene he hath mad in the gutter 
wher the water runeth ne.xt my brother George Meriams now dececed 
lands; south west of it, and betwene the great medow, and the heiway 
going from the Towne to Billicary [Billerica]; I say to the nombor of 
twenty acres. 

It I give all my other lands e.xcept before mensioned, and by deeds of 
gift to others to this day : to my too Brothers children now decesed, that 
is to say Joseph Meriam and Geo Meriams Children ; that is to say three 
sons and five daghters; William Meriam and John Meriam; & Same- 
well Meriam; the daughters Elizabeth Hinkesman; Seuesan Schotch- 
ford; Elizabeth West; Hanna Tailler and Abigail Batman; said lands 
medow & uplands; These eight persones foremensioned ; to devide said 
lands every on to have an equall proportion; also I bequeth and give 
to those forementioned Eight prsones, every on of them (ten pounds) 
apeece. 

It I give to Reverend Mr Bulkely Paster of the Church of Concord 
forty shillings. 

It I give to my Cosen John Buss four pounds. 

It I give to Sarah Wieler, which formerly lived with me forty shillings. 

It I give to the poore of the Towne of Concord four pound in corne. 

I doe hereby further declare my mening to be, and my full will is that 
house at Cambridg & house that Joseph French liveth in, before men- 
sioned. The rents of them be payed to and receved by my Wife, deuring 
her life; lastly I do hereby nominat, and constitut my dear and loving 
Wife Mary my sole e.xecutrix of this my will; In witnes hereof I sete to 
my hand and scale; the word, accep, above interlined before signing and 
sealing, I do set to my hand and scale this tent day of Desembr on thou- 
sing sex hundred. Eighty on. 

Robert Meriam. 
Signed & sealed in the 

presents of us 
Timothy Wheller 
John Smedley sener 

Proved 4 April 1682. 

THE WILL OF MARY MERRIAM, WIDOW OF ROBERT 

I Mary Merieam widdow of Concord in the County of Medelsex in the 
Masatusats Colliny in New England: being in perfect memory doe make 
this my last will and Testament in maner and form as following: First 
I commeet my soule into the hands of God my Father through Jesus Christ : 
and my body to be decently buried: hoping the resurection thereof to 
eternall life. 



SECOND GENERATION 41 

As touching my outward estate which God hath given mee as foUoweth 

It I give to my cousin Jonathan Hubbard who liveth now in my hous 
with me all my housinge and lands in Concord whech my husband gave 
to me and the medow which I bought of John Wilier, and a wood lott 
which was my husbands that I bought againe, to him and his heirs for ever 

It I give to my cousin Mris Elizabeth Corwin my Brother Jacob Sheafes 
eldest daughter ten pounds in monny to her or her children. I give to 
my cousin Mris Mehittibell Sheafe the youger daughter of my brother 
Sheafe ten pounds in monny to her or her childeren. 

It I give to my owne sisters childeren but four of them liveing now in 
the sowern parts to say John Chittenden, Nathanaell Chittenden and 
there two sisters Mary and Johana ten pounds apice in monhy two them 
or thecr children. 

It I give to my cousin John Rucke five pounds in monny to him or his 
childeren. 

It I give to my cousin Samuell Rucke five pounds in monny to him or 
his childeren. 

It I give to my cousin Willam Meriam four pounds in monny to him 
or his childeren. 

It I give to my cousin Elyzabeth West four pounds in monny to her 
or her childeren. 

It I give to my cosin Isack Day four pounds in monny to him or his 
childeren. 

It I give to my cousin John Meriam forty shillings in monny to him or 
his childeren. 

It I give to my cousin Samuell Meriam forty shillings tc monny to him 
or his childeren. 

It I give to my cousin Scochford or his wife forty shillings in monny. 

It I give to my cousin Robert Meriam si.x pounds in mormy and my 
great silfer cup. 

It I give to Sara Wilier which formerly lived with me halfe my wearing 
apearell linen or wollen silk or stufe to her or her childeren, and the other 
halfe to my cousin Samuell Meriams wife and her childeren. 

It I give to John Hamclton four pounds in goods. 

Lastly I doe heareby nomenate and consticutc my cousin Jonathan 
Hubard that now lives with me and my cousin John Meriam and my 
cousin Samuell Meriam my joynt Executors of this my will. In witness 
hearof I set to my hand and seale This Fifteen day of Februery one thou- 
sand six hundered Eighty si.x Eighty seven. 

Two words scribled out before signed in the i6 line. 

Mary Merif.am. 
Signed sealed and published 

before us 

John WTiellcr sener 

his 

Steven X Hosmer 

marke 
Thomas Browne 
Proved 21 August 1693 



42 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

THIRD GENERATION 



William^ {Joseph," William'), born in England, prob- 
ably at Tewdley, in the county of Kent, about 1624; came 
as a boy to Concord, Mass., and entered into the life of the 
new plantation. Joined the church, and was made a freeman 
of the colony, May 2, 1649. He was one of the witnesses 
to the will of Joseph How 24 (2), 1651. The " goodman Mer- 
riam," who owned a lot of land in Hampton, N. H., May 2, 
1655, may be — we may say must be — this man; but there 
is no evidence that he resided there He had already set- 
tled at Lynn, where he married first Elizabeth, daughter of 
Allen Breed. Her father gave them, June 26, 1666, a good 
portion, 200 acres of farm land, 20 acres of meadow, and 
10 acres of salt marsh, all in Lynn, in the southern part, now 
called by the ancient name Saugus. He married second, 
Oct. II, 1676, Anna Jones, who died July 29, 1677. He mar- 
ried third, Sarah , who survived him. 

He served as a trooper in King Philip's War, enrolled Feb. 
29, 1675-6, in Capt. George Curwin's company, and re- 
ceived 4-105. for his services. 

He died in 1689; was buried 22 May, 1689. 



An Invotary of the Estate of William Merriam desesed aprised by we 
whose names are subscribed the 22th day of July 1689. 

It 

By 10 old books at 00 

Housing and land at 280 

By a gun & an old sword 00 

two oxen & four cows two yearold stears i calf at ... . 05 

6 sheep & four lambs at 01 

4 swine 7 piges at 02 

3 axes a whipsaw at 01 

2 coats 2 pare of briches and i old hat al at 01 

Stoakins boots & shoes al at 00 

1 fether bed i boalster 3 pillows i coverlid at 03 

4 pare of sheets at 01 

2 tabel cloths 6 napkins and a pillow beare at 00 



s 


d 


09 


6 


10 





16 





05 





05 





09 





10 





06 


6 


03 





00 





05 





09 


06 



THIRD GENERATION 43 

3 bedsteds al at cxd 14 o 

puter at 00 14 o 

I warming pan at 00 04 o 

Erase ware at 01 04 o 

Iron pots at cx3 1 2 o 

pott hook & a pare of dogs and i tramel at 01 03 o 

6 spoons I spit at 00 02 o 

1 tiring pan 1 2 trencher 00 02 o 

2 tabels 3 chests at 01 03 o 

3 spinning wheles at 00 08 o 

a pare of skales and weights 00 01 o 

old lumber at 00 05 o 

316 17 o 

li s d 
besids the Estayt Is debtor the sum of 22 10 00 

John ffloyp 
kdward bakf.r 

Wm Mirriam sone of Wm Mirriam deed 
prsented this inventory & gave oath 
to ye truth of itt in Court Court att 
Salem 29th gber 90. promising to add 
What should aftrward Come to his 
knowledg. 

Attest Benjn Gerrish Cler 



Sarah Miriam Widdow & Relict of Wm Meriam Deceased and Joseph 
Miriam Eldest son of sd Wm Miriam Came into the County Court holden 
at Salem this 25 Novembr 1690 and Renounced theire right of admin- 
estration to the sd Estate & Desired that Wm Miriam the next son of sd 
Miriam deceased might have adminestration granted to him. 

Upon which adminestration is granted to Wm Miriam second son of 
Wm Miriam Deceased he giveing bond wtli sufllcient surety sooli to 
Adminestor according to Law. 

The bond was duly given the widow and Joseph being sureties. 

The Testimony of Jeremiah Shepard .Aged 42 who Testifyeth and 
saith that being present with William Meriam Sr at his last sickness, 
his last will and mind with reference to the disposall of his outward estate 
was That his wife Sarah should out of his estate have maintained for her 
2 cowes & a beast to ride upon, a bed and furniture In the Leantoo 
wheirin he then lay, and alsoe a Bras ketle with the use of sd Room during 
her life: and what he had allready conveyed to his children should be 
confirmed to ym ; iiis eldest son Joseph to enjoy what lands he had be- 
queathed to him and his two sons William and John should have the re- 
mainder of the Lands ecjually divided between them. 



44 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Novetnbr 25th 1690 
Edward Baker and Hannah Dugle of Lyn also made Oath to ye truth 
of the above sd evedence (same day). 

The widow and the three sons joined in a document agreeing to a di- 
vision on the basis thus testified, which is on file, with the clear signatures 
of the sons. 

Children : 

9. i. Joseph .'' 

ii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1654; m. Aug. 11, 1675, Samuel Edmonds. 
Children : 

1. Samuel Edmonds, b. Aug. 5, 1676. 

2. Elizabeth Edmonds, b. July 23, 1679. 
iii. John, b. Sept. 13, 1657; d. Aug. 2, 1661. 
iv. Sarah, b. June 3, 1660; d. Aug. 27, 1661. 
V. Rebecca, b. Oct. 21, 1662. 

vi. Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1665; m. July 11, 1681, John Jenks. 

10. vii. William, b. March 8, 1667-8. 

11. viii. John, b. April 25, 1671. 



Joseph 3 {Joseph," William^), born in England about 
1629; grew up in Concord, Mass., but removed when adult 
to the neighboring town of Cambridge, the part called " The 
Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of 
Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made 
a freeman (or citizen), May 22, 1650. He married at Con- 
cord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Gregory 
Stone, who made a bequest to her in his will, dated Nov. 
22, 1672. He accumulated something of a property for the 
times, as appears from the inventory of his estate and from the 
subsequent division. He died 20 April, 1677, "aged 47," 
says the record on his gravestone, the oldest now extant 
in the ancient " Hill Burying Ground " in Concord. The 
widow died April 5, 1704. 

The property remained undivided many years after his 
death, and was then distributed in a kindly and equitable 
manner. We quote a portion of the instrument in which all 
was definitely arranged, giving in full the opening part which 
relates to the mother. 



THIRD GENERATION 



MIRIAMS SETTLEMENT OF AGREEMENT 



45 



Whereas Joseph Miriam belonging to the Towne of Cambridge in the 
County of Middx in New England Twenty two years Since died Intestt. 
Who left Sarah his Relict Widow Together with many Small Children, 
Eight of which are yet Surviveing. And there haveing never yet been 
a Legall Division of this Estate. Therefore Sarah Miriam his R widow, 
as also his Children Namely Joseph Miriam J no Miriam Robert Miriam 
& Thomas Miriam Together with his Daughters ( & with ye Consent of 
theire husbands) vizt Sarah flecher, Elizabeth Wood, Mary Stearns, & 
Ruth Stow Do all mutually agree & Determine to make a Division of the 
Said Estate both Reall and prsonall in Manner & form as foUowth : 

Imprms: They Do all agree that Sarah Miriam the Relict Widow Shall 
have the free use of the houseing and lands hereafter Expressed, all dur- 
ing the term of her naturall life vizt : The new End of the Dwelling house 
from top to bottom also the lower room of the oldhouse next to ye new 
aforesaid, and the use of ye halfe of the Cellar the one halfe of the Bam 
and halfe of the cowyard and free liberty to cutt halfe her fire wood on ye 
land of her sonn Jno Miriam and the other halfe to gett it off from the land 
of her son Robert Miriam That is to say — the West land. And further 
she is to have about an Acre and an halfe of the Land by the Dore also 
in ye pound three acres and an halfe. Also in the Comon fleild Two acres 
& an halfe of plow Land, also mowing Land in the Comon ffeild all 
that wch She hath had ye actuall Improvement of of late Together with 
Two acres and three quarters of Land in the Orchard, as also the free 
use of wt moveable Estate she hath in her possession, to be at her own 
Disposall and what of that she shall not [have] disposed of at her Death, 
that to be equally divided amongst all the Children. 

And as an Addition to what the sd Eight children have had settled 
upon them in time past It is as followeth : 

Then follow detailed descriptions of the several shares, 
hardly needful to be copied. 

Signed November 29, 1700, by the eight children and Isaac 
Stearns, Nathaniel Stow, Samuel Fletcher and Isaac Wood. 

[Mdx. Probate Records, 10, 507.] 

Children : 

i. Sarah," b. 2 Aug. 1654; m. 14 June, 1688, Eleazer Ball, who 
d. 15 Nov. 1698; she m. (2) 7 June, 1699, Samuel Fletcher; 
she d. 29 April, 1703. 

ii. Lydia, b. Aug. 3, 1656; d. 29 Dec. 1690. 

12. iii. Joseph, b. May 25, 1658^ 

iv. Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1660; m. Isaac Wood. 

13. V. John, b. Aug. 30, 1662. 

vi. Mary, b. June 14, 1664; m. Isaac Steams. 



46 IvrERRIAM GENEALOGY 

14. vii. Robert, b. Feb. 17, 1667. 

viii. Ruth, b. 1670; m. Dec. 3, 1690, Nathaniel Stow; she d. July 
14, 1718. 
^15. ix. Thomas, b. 1672. 



JoHN^ {Joseph, ' William^), born in Concord, 9 July, 
1641 ; married there 21 Oct., 1663, Mary, daughter of John 
Cooper, who was a stepson of Deacon Gregory Stone, by 
his wife, Anna, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Angier) 
Sparhawk. She was born in Cambridge, 11 (7), 1645, and 
died 5 March, 1730, " aged 85." 

He resided in Concord; was made freeman, 12 May, 1675. 

A list of his lands, copied from the town records of Con- 
cord into Book 10 of Middlesex County Records of Deeds, 
is interesting. 

Transcript of the Lands of Jno Miriam Senr. 26: 10: 1666: John 
Miriam. Imprs. His house Lott one acre and ahalfe: bounded upon the 
South by ye Bat way. upon the West by ye way to Billerica. upon the North 
by Nathaniel Stowe. 

It : Fifteen acres of medow in Elme Brook medow, bounded upon the 
South West by Luke Potter, upon the North East by William Hartwell, 
upon ye North West by William Tailer. 

It : Si.xteen acres within Crane ffeild, bounded upon ye South West 
by Nathaniel Stow, upon the North East by Roger Draper, upon the 
North West by Joseph Wheeler, and upon the South East by Edward 
Wright. 

It. Twenty acres of Upland near Crane ffeild, bounded upon the North 
by ye way to Billerica: upon the South by Leiut Joseph Wheeler, upon 
the East by George Miriam, upon the West by William Hartwell & James 
Taylor. 

It. Three acres of medow in the Great River Medow, bounded upon 
the West by ye Great River, upon the South East by upland, upon the 
North by Caleb Brooke his medow, upon ye South by John Farewell. 

It. Sixteen acres of Swampy Land near Virginia Swamp, bounded 
upon the East by Leiu. Joseph Wheeler, upon ye North by Roger Draper, 
upon the South by Capt. Timothy Wheeler. 

It. Second Division Land, nine acres bounded upon the North West 
by Joseph Wheeler, upon the North by John Farwell, upon the South 
by George Miriam, upon ye East by ye Suburbs. 

It. His due yet to Lay out ninety one acres. All these parcels being 
by Estimation one hunderd seventy one acres and ahalfe, be they more 
or less. 171 acres i-2. — )) 

Feb. 14: 1672: Then was Granted unto ye sd John Miriam ye ninety 
one acres of Land due to him, adjoining Nathaniel Stows Land. Also 



THIRD GENERATION 47 

to William Hartwell and fifrancis fflechers Land, and by ye bound line at 
Shaw Shin Comer. 

A true Coppy of the originall, Extracted out of ye Town of Concords 
Book of Transcripts as it was recorded in page ye 20 & 21. 

November 2, 1696. 

P. Thomas Brown 
Town Cler. 

[Midx. Deeds 10, 525.] 

He also had other lands in Cambridge Farms (Lexing- 
ton), given to his wife by the will of her father. Most of these 
they sold, but deeded part with other lands to his son Samuel 
in 1702. He gave his son Nathaniel lands at Shawshin Corner 
in i6g6. 

He died — " John, husband to Mary " — 2 Feb., 1723-4. 



Children : 



16. 


i. 




ii. 


17- 


iii 


18. 


iv. 


19. 


V. 


20. 


vi, 



John,' b. 3 Sept. 1666. 

Anne, b. 7 Sept. 1669; m. 9 Aug. 1692, Daniel Brooks; she 

d. 18 Oct. 1733. 
Nathaniel, b. 10 Dec. 1672. 
Ebenezer. 

Joseph, b. 20 Aug. 1677. 
Samuel, b. 23 July, 1681. 



8 

Samuel 3 {George," William'), born in Concord, July 21, 
1643; married at Lynn, April 25, 1671, Elizabeth Townsend. 

He resided at Concord; was admitted freeman, March 22, 
1690. 

His wife died Nov. 19, 1705. 

Children : 

i. Mary,-" b. Sept. 30, 1671; m. Gates. 

ii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1673; m. Dec. 6, 1699, John Farrar. 

iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 16, 1675; m. Nov. 23, 1697, Edward WTieeler; 

d. Oct. 25, 1738; he d. Feb. 17, 1734. 
iv. Susanna, b. Aug. 15, 1677; m. May 29, 1704, John Fox. 
21. V. Samuel, b. Oct. 17, 1679. 

vi. Hannah, b. Feb. 16, 1682; m. Jan. 11, 1709-1710, Nathaniel 

Fox, of Dracut. 
vii. Abigail, b. Oct. 19, 1684; m. Mr. Marble, of Stow. 



48 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



FOURTH GENERATION 



Joseph" (IVilliam,' Joseph,' William'), born in Lynn 
at date not discovered; married 19 Aug., 1675, Sarah Jen- 
kins. Resided at Lynn; was made freeman 18 April, 1691. 

He died 21 Oct., 1702. We are fortunate in having his will. 

THE WILL OF JOSEPH MERRIAM 

In the Name of our Lord God Amen I Joseph Merriam of Lyn in the 
County of Essex in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England 
being sick and weak of body, yet god of his goodnes affording to me my 
Right Understanding take this oppertunity to make this my Last will 
& testiment as foUoweth 

first I commit my spirit in to the hands of my blesed Redeemer ye Lord 
Jesus Christ and my body to the Earth to be Desently bur>'ed at ye Dis- 
cretion of my Executrix here after named and for my worldly Estate I 
will & bequeath as followeth 

Imprs that all my just Debts be duely & honestly paid 

2 I will & bequeathe to my sone Ebenezbr Merriam the one full & 
just halfe of my housing & Lands to be to him his heirs & assigns for 
Ever 

3 I will & bequethe to my sone Theophilus Merriam the other full & 
just halfe of my houseing & Lands to be to him his heirs & assigns for 
Ever 

4 my will is that my two sons above named shall pay to my beloved 
wife Sarah yearely & Every year duering the time shee shall Remaine my 
widdow Eight bushells of Indean Corn & one hundred weight of pourk 
Equally betwixt them all to be good & merchantable; allso to keepe 
& maintaine at their owne Cost & Charge two Cows Dureing the time 

aforesaid which is in lieu of her Dower or thirds in my Estate 

5 I give to my Daughter Sarah Merriam seven pounds to be paid in 
or as money by my two sons abovesd Eaqually betwixt them within two 
years after my decease 

6 I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Merriam seven pounds in or as 
money to be paid within foure years after my decease Eaqually betwixt 
my two sons abovesd 

7 I give to my Daughter Mary seven pounds in or as money to be paid 
Eaqually by my two sons abovesd without within two years after my 
Decese 

8 I will & apoint my beloved wife Sarah my sole Executrix to this my 
Last will & testiment 



FOURTH GENERATION 49 

in witnes whereof & for the Confermation of this my Last Will & 
testiment I the above sd Joseph Meriam hathe affixed my hand & scale 
this seventeenth Day of October Annoque Domini : one thousand and 
seven hundred & two — 

Joseph Merriam 
his I signe (seal) 
Signed sealed & . . . 
in prsents of us 
William Merriam 
Thomas Cheever 
Mary Cheever 
Her mark 
Endorsed on the back ^1710 June 30. 

Children : 

i. Joseph,' b. 10 July, 1676; d. young. 

ii. Benjamin, b. 23 April, 1678 ; d. young. 

iii. Sarah, b. 21 Kcb. 1680-1; m. (intention Sept. 18, 1703) Jacob 

Powers, of Concord, 

iv. Elizabeth, b. 2 July, 1683.* 

22. V. Ebenezer, b. 11 Feb. 1685-6. 

23. vi. Theophilus, b. 16 July, 1688. 

vii. Mary, b. ; m. in 171 1 David Potter, of Ipswich. 



10 

William -I {William,^ Joseph," William'), born at Lynn, 
Mass., 8 March, 1668; married first, 3 June, 1690, Hannah 
Duggle, or Dugald. She died 18 Aug., 1693. He married, 
second, 20 Dec, 1695, Athilred, daughter of Thaddeus and 
Hannah Berry, of Boston. She died, and he married third, 
30 Oct., 1709, Abigail Mower, who died 26 Feb., 1710-11; 
and he married fourth, 7 Nov., 1711, Ruth, widow of John 
Webb. She died Nov. 12, 1755, aged 72 years. 

He removed to Wallingford, Conn., where he bought of 
Samuel Thorpe, Nov. i, 17 16, 118 acres of land, and Nov. 
19, of Thomas Matthews, 118 acres. He resided in the pres- 
ent limits of Cheshire, Conn. He died Feb. 26, 1752; was 
buried in Bristol, Conn. 



• Elizabeth Merriam mar. at Maiden (close by the part of Lynn where this family 
resided) Dec. 6, 1721, Josiah Ulanchard. 



50 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Hannah,' b. i March, 1691; d. unm. 29 Nov., 1728. 

ii. Wilham, b. 9 Sept., d. 20 Sept., 1696. 

iii. Jerusha, b. 21 Feb., 1697-8; ni. Edward Parker, of Walling- 
ford. Conn. 

24. iv. Ichabod, b. 20 Nov. 1700. 

V. Eunice, b. 18 May, 1704; m. July 14, 1724, Thomas Matthews. 

vi. Wilham, b. 31 March, 1707-8. 

vii. Ruth, b. 2 Nov., 1713; m. May 9, 1733, Caleb Matthews. 

26. viii. Samuel, b. 20 May, 17 16. 

27. ix. Ebenezer, b. March 26, 17 18. 

X. Joseph, b. July 14, 1724; " died by the bite of a snake July 
i7i 1733" [Wal. record.] 



11 

John"* {William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Lynn, 25 
April, 1671 ; married 23 May, 1694, Rebecca, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Rebecca (Marshall) Sharp. She died April 
30, 1 75 1. He lived in Lynn a score or more years after mar- 
riage, carrying on a farm. In 17 13 he was employed by the 
town to teach a " Grammar School," i.e. one in which Latin 
was taught as well as the higher branches of study in English, 
and £10 " allowed " for his services, besides the sum of " 2 
pence per week for such as are taught to read, 3 pence per 
week for them that are sent to write and cipher, and 6 pence 
per wk. for them that are sent to learn Latin, to be paid by 
the parents and masters that send their children or servants as 
aforesaid." The position was a testimony to his education and 
capability. 

Aug. 25, 1 7 16, he sold land adjoining that of his brother 
Joseph in Lynn, being his homestead, and also a tract ad- 
joining land of his brother William. Not far from this date 
he removed to Wallingford, Conn, (afterward Meriden), 
where he spent the rest of his days. His wife was received 
to the (Congregational) church, Sept. 27, 1730. 

He purchased of John Prout, Nov. 3, 1716, for £305, 300 
acres of land in Wallingford, commonly called and known by 
the name of the Counay Farm, lying and being in the Wil- 
derness at a place commonly called " Pilgrims' Harbour," * 

* " The small stream running through Meriden, just east of the R. R. station, is 
still called Harbor Brook; and my grandaunt said that there was a place'called 



FOURTH GENERATION 51 

also 51-2 acres of Hoop land near said farm. He resided in 
that part of Wallingford afterward incorporated as Meriden. 
He died Oct. 11, 1754. 

Children : 

i. A child, stillborn, b. 25 March, 1694-5. 

28. ii. Nathaniel,' b. 26 March, 1696. 

29. iii. John, b. 26 Oct., 1697. 

30. iv. William, h. 9 April, 1700. 

V. Rebecca, b. 26 March, 1702; m. Jan. 17, 1723, Benjamin Ives. 

31. vi. Joseph, b. 29 March, 1704.- 

vii. Ruth, b. 12 Feb., 1705-6; m. March 29, 1725, Josiah Robinson, 
viii. Abigail, b. 14 Aug., 1708; m. May 6, 1729, Thomas Button. 
ix. Susanna, b. 10 Nov. i, 1710; m. Nov. 30, 1730, Hawkins Hart. 



13 

Joseph" {Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Concord, 
25 May, 1658; married Charity . 

He resided in that part of Cambridge called " The Farms," 
and afterward the town of Lexington ; was one of the sub- 
scribers to the first meeting-house in the parish. He owned 
land there before ]6gq, when he sold a tract to Samuel Stone. 
Was elected tithingman at a town meeting. He sold his home- 
stead to Thomas Cutler, land and buildings, 6 acres, bounded 
with lands of Stephen Davis, Thomas Mead, and the Con- 
cord line. He died May 31, 1727. The estate was settled 
by the widow Charity, who rendered an inventory, July 25, 
1727, the estate being appraised at £286: 19: o. Benja- 
min Whittemore, of Concord, was surety on her bond of 
administration. She afterward married Andrew MacClure, 
of Oxford. 

Children : 

32. i. Jose[)h,' b. about 1717, being in his fifteenth year when re- 
cjuesting the appointment of Walter Fairfield as his guardian, 
Sept. 18, 1731. 
ii. Sarah, b. about 1726, being in her tenth year when her guardian 
was appointed Aug. 11, 1735. 

the Merry Den near what has since been called The Corner. This location is 
where the early road from New Haven to Hartford and the road between Middle- 
town and Cheshire and Waterbury crossed." [L. A. M., Branford, Ct.] 



52 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



13 



John" {Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Concord, 
Aug. 30, 1662; married Nov. 14, 1688, Mary Wheeler, of 
Concord. She survived him, and died Dec. 20, 1745, aged 75. 

He removed to Lexington; was one of the original mem- 
bers of the church there in 1696, and chosen deacon ; frequently 
represented the church in ecclesiastical councils. Was a prom- 
inent citizen, assessor, selectman, and in other positions of 
trust. He acquired large amounts of land in various towns. 
He sold to his son John 56 acres of land on Long Pond in 
Littleton by Deacon Wheeler's lot, and 6 acres of meadow 
in the east corner of Plain Meadow, July 18, 1722, his wife 
Mary signing the deed, and John and Ebenezer M. witness- 
ing it. 

Worcester, March 16, 17 14. By order of the Honour Comittee laid 
out to John Barron in the right of John Miriam a thirty acre Lott at Worces- 
ter with rights in comon to sd 30 acres granted by Sd Comittee may 2oi 
1 714 to John Miriam lying on the north side of Concord road near Burnt 
coat plain on and joyning to Indian Hill : bounded East by land laid out 
to Benjn Barron South by land laid out to Thomas and Ichabod Brown 
and undivided land : north by land laid out to Benjn Flecher West by 
comon land near mill brook & signified in the platt. 

Surveyed by D. Haynes. [Worcester Proprietors Records.] 

He died May 21, 1727. The son John wrote a note from 
Littleton, requesting the appointment of " some of his younger 
brothers" to administer on the estate, June 7, 1727. The 
Court appointed Jonas Meriam, housewright, and Ben- 
jamin M., blacksmith, June 10, 1727. The widow Mary, 
her sons, John and Benjamin, and Mr. Joseph Miriam and 
her daughters Lydia and Ruth, with Phillip Russell (who 
appears as the husband of a daughter), joined, Nov. 18, 1728, 
in an indorsement of Jonas's administration. The Inventory 
specified " 58 acres of land lying upon both sides of the Road 
that leads down to the Meetinghouse;" 7 acres in Water- 
town; 4 1-2 acres in Weston; 24 acres in Littleton; other tracts 
of land, and a good personal estate. Division was made by 
a committee, Sept. 2, 1728, "Joseph Miriam " signing clearly 
as the guardian of Joshua, William, and Amos. He was 
called Mr. in the probate papers. 





1. 
ii. 




iii. 


33- 


iv. 




V. 


34- 


vi. 


35- 


vii, 



FOURTH GENERATION 53 

Children : 

Marjs b. Jan. 6, 1689. 

A daughter [Sarah ?] m. Phillip Russell, mentioned in division. 

Lydia, named in probate papers. 

John, b. 26 July, 1696. 

Ruth, bapt. Nov. 6, 1698. 

Benjamin, b. 6 Jan., lycxs. 

Jonas, b. 13 Feb., 1702-3, bapt. Jan. 12, 1704. 

36. viii. Ebenezer, b. March 2, bapt. 3, 1705-6. 

37. \x. Joshua, b. Feb. 21, bapt. 22, 1707-8. 

.\. William, b. Sept. 24, bapt. 28, 1712; d. June 21, 1735. 

38. .\i. Amos, b. July 25, bapt. 31, 1715. 



U 

Robert^ {Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Concord, 
17 Feb., 1667; married Abigail, daughter of Lieut. Thomas 
Cutler, of Lexington (as we see from a deed in Midx. Deeds, 
Vol. 39, p. 328). 

He removed to Lexington about 1692; subscribed toward 
the mccting-house ; was admitted to the church there with his 
wife in 1698; was an assessor in 171 1. 

His wife died June 16, 1717. He died the following Feb- 
ruary (Feb. 20, 1 71 7-8), leaving no will. His estate was 
settled by his eldest son Joseph, who paid his brothers and 
sisters their due portions in 1737, after the youngest was 
" of age." 

" Administration of the estate of Robert Meriam, late of 
Lexington, intestate, is with the advice of his uncle, John 
Meriam, committed to Joseph, the said deceased's eldest 
son," etc., March 17, 1717. In the Inventory the first items 
are " Apparel 8 li. — 8 s — Armes & horse furni. 3 li. — 8 s. — 
11-16." A large stock of "utensils of husbandry," house- 
hold goods, cattle, etc., was listed beside many acres of land 
and abundant buildings for the homestead; total, ;,£587 : 5:11. 
[Midx. Prob. 15, 84, 5.] 

Children : 

39. i. Joseph,' b. March 3, 1696-7. 

ii. Abigail, b. Oct. 3, bapt. Nov. 6, 1698; m. Nathan Stow, 
iii. Hannah, b. April 16, bapt. July, 1701; m. Oct. 9, 1718, John 

Bruer (Brewer) of Weston, 
iv. Robert, b. July 28, 1703; d. same year. 



54 ' MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

40. V. Jonathan, 1j. July 25, 1705. 

41. vi. Hezekiah, b. March 30, 1707; bapt. April 16, 1708. 
vii. Sarah, b. July 25, bapt. July 30, 1710; d. July 7, 1713. 

viii. Mary, b. Dec. 11, bapt. Dec. 14, 1712; m. Jesse Taylor, of 

Marlborough. 
i.x. Sarah, bapt. July 8, 1716; m. Jan. 24, 1739-40, Isaac Allen, 

of Weston. 



15 

Thomas-' {Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William^), born in Concord 
alx)ut 1672; married Dec. 23, 1696, Mary Harwood, of Con- 
cord. 

He removed to Cambridge Farms (Lexington), and was 
one of the original members of the church there. His wife 
was dismissed from the church at Concord to join that at 
Lexington in 1698. He and his brother Robert and others 
were permitted to " build a seat for their wives on the within 
back side of the meeting-house, from Goodwife Reed's seat 
to the woman's stayers " (stairs), March 6, 1698-9. He was 
a selectman from 1718 to 1725, and a constable in 1716. He 
died Aug. 16, 1738. His widow died Sept. 29, 1756, aged 81. 

Children : 

i. Mary,5 b. Oct. 3, 1697. 

42. ii. Thomas, b. April 15, bapt. April 21, 1700. 

iii. Lydia, b. July 23, bapt. Aug. i, 1703; m. "Nathaniel Eaton 
and resided in Reading." 

43. iv. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 6, bapt. Dec. 9, 1705. 

V. Simon, b. Nov. 23, bapt. Nov. 28, 1708; d. Feb. 8, 1747, and 
his property was divided between his mother and brothers 
and sisters. 

vi. David, b. Aug. 22, bapt. Sept. 2, 1711; d. Sept. 15, 1743, in 
Townsend, and his estate was similarly divided. 

44. vi. Isaac, b. July 5, bapt. July 11, 1714. 

16 

John-* (John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Concord, Sept. 
3, 1666, married first, July 22, 1691, Sarah Wheeler. She died 
Aug. 2, 1692, and he married second, Feb. 16, 1693, Sarah, 
daughter of Benjamin Spaulding, of Chelmsford. 

He was made freeman, March 22, 1690; was a lieuten- 
ant; lived at Concord, afterward at Littleton. There he 
was a town officer at times ; died Nov. 30, 1 748. 



FOURTH GENERATION 55 

John Meriam, " of Concord, alias Littleton," and " for- 
merly of Concord, now of Littleton," sold land " at Nasheby 
some years past belonging to Concord, now to Littleton," 
April 7, 1732, and land in the easterly part of Concord, with 
house and barn, tounded by lands of Joseph Meriam and 
Nathaniel Ball and the road leading to Rillerica, also land 
rights in Acton, his wife Sarah signing with him, Feb. 24, 
1736-7- 

Child: 
45. John, L. July 26, 1692. 



Nathaniel" {John,^ Joseph," William'), lx)rn in Concord, 
Dec. 10, 1672; married Nov. 18, 1701, Mary Taylor; lived 
at Concord, and afterward at Bedford. Was deacon and 
an honored town officer in Bedford. Died Dec. 11, 1738. 
He made his will Oct. 18, 1738, and it was proved Jan. 22, 
1738-9. lie made bequests to his wife Mary, son John, 
grand.sons John Meriam and Francis Wheeler, gi-anddaugh- 
ters Rhoda and Miriam Wheeler, to " Delxjrah Davis, whom 
I brought up," and £(i to the Church of Bedford. The widow 
died May 19, 1764. 

Children : 

i. Mary,' b. Dec. 22, 1702; m. Francis Wheeler, of Concord. 
She d. in 1737 ; he d. in Nov., 1774. 
46. ii. John, b. May 16, 1704. 

18 

Ebenezer-" {John,' Joseph,' William'), born in Concord 
at date unknown; married first, Dec. 6, 1705, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Gershom Brooks. She died, and he married 
second, at Bedford, Dec. 9, 1742, Klizalx-th, widow of Stephen 
Davis, of B. She died June 5, 1752, aged 64 years, 2 months, 
3 days; and he married third, Feb. 8, 1753, Abigail Fox. 
She died Jan. 16, 1759; and he married fourth, Dec. 4, 1759, 
Elizabeth Rigbe. She died April 15, 1762; and he married 
fifth, Nov. 2, 1762, Esther Lawton. He resided at Concord. 
Died in 1777, and his estate was settled by John Meriam, 
of Concord, May 7, 1777. 



56 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

_ Children : 

47. i. Ebenezer' b. Aug. 23, 1717. 

ii. Timothy, b. May 27, 1720; d. young. 

iii. Oliver, b. June 5, 1722; grad. Harvard Coll. 1749; d. May 
29, 1751, leaving his estate to his father, his brother Eben- 
ezer and Elizabeth Rigsby, a member of his father's house- 
hold. 



19 

Joseph'' (John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Concord, 
Aug. 20, 1677; married March 24, 1705, Dorothy, daughter 
of Noah Brooks, of Concord, born Oct. 18, 1685. 

He was a locksmith; resided in Concord. Joseph and 
Ebenezer Meriam, of Concord, joined, June 9, 1726, with 
James Taylor in a quitclaim deed of their rights of inheri- 
tance in lands which had been owned by the late James Tay- 
lor, and which Nathaniel Stow was then conveying. [Mdx. 
Deeds, 26, 47.] Joseph sold a freehold right and one-third 
of an acre of land in the Village or Town New Grant con- 
tained by Stow line, and other lands, June 5, 1732. He made 
deeds of gift to his sons: to Nathan the homestead, April 
3, 1747; to Josiah other lands; also gave the latter hfe use 
of one-half of the shop and tools, — but Josiah must give 
first offer of sale to his brother Nathan if he desired to sell. 

March 19, 1727, he joined with other Concord men in buy- 
ing of the Indians land at Grafton (the Hasanamisco purchase). 
This he transferred to his son Joseph, who went there and 
grew up with the town. 

The widow made her will Dec. 18, 1757, bequeathing to 
her daughters Dorothy, wife of Joseph Adams, and Mary, 
wife of Simon Hunt, and to her sons Joseph, of Grafton, 
Samuel, Nathan, and Josiah. 

Children : 

i. Dorothy,' b. April 5, 1706; m. Nov. 10, 1736 (as his second 
wife), Joseph Adams, of Concord. She d. July 25, 1791. 

Children : 

1. Dorothy Adams, b. Aug. 26, 1737; d. April 10, 1738. 

2. Ruth Adams, b. Jan. 4, 1739; m. Peter Fletcher, of New 

Ipswich, N. H., Sept. 8, 1761, and d. April 28, 1816; he d. 
April II, 1812. 



FOURTH GENERATION 57 

3. Mary Adams, b. March 14, 1742; m. April 24, 1760, Isaac 

Appleton, of New Ipswich, N.H., and d. May 22, 1827; 
he d. Feb. 25, 1806. 
A grandchild of this couple, Mr. William Sumner Appleton, 
long one of the most eminent members of the N. E. Hist. 
Gen. Society, made investigations in England which re- 
sulted in his discovering the will of William Merriam, of 
Hadlow, CO. Kent, the founder of the American line. 
He also wrought out and published the genealogy of the 
first four generations of the family with great care, and 
thus deserves a high place in the regard of all Merriams. 

4. Bethiah Adams, b. June 3, 1744; d. Sept. 30, 1753. 

5. Mercy Adams, b. Jan. 14, 1747; m. (i) April 21, 1768, 

Benjamin Pollard; m. (2) Jonas Whiting; she d. in Nor- 
way, Me., Aug. 12, 1815. 

6. Lydia .Adams, b. Aug. 22, 1750; m. April 28, 1774, Joseph 

Chandler, of Concord, and d. Dec. 10, 1829; hed. Jan. 19, 
1813. 
ii. Mary, b. July 5, 1707; m. Simeon Hunt. 

48. iii. Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1709. 

49. iv. Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1712. 

50. V. Nathan, b. May 12, 1720. 

51. vi. Josiah, b. Feb. 13, 1726. 

20 

Samuel •* {John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Concord, 
July 23, 1 681; married Nov. 8, 171 1, Sarah Wheeler; resided 
some time at Concord, but removed later to Bedford. 

His wife Sarah died Dec. i, 1743. 

He died March 22, 1761. His son Nathaniel was e.xecutor 
of his brief will, dated in November, 1758, proved April 13, 
1 761. He devised his estate to his sons Benjamin and Na- 
thaniel and his daughter Sarah. 



•*o" 



Children : 

i. Sarah,' b. April i, 1713; m. Dec. 27, 1733, David Wheeler, 
ii. Benjamin, b. Aug. 5, 1717. 
52. iii. Nathaniel, b. May 7, 1720. 

iv. Amos, b. July 13, 1723; believed to have d. unm. before his 
father. 



58 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

21 

Samuel" {Samuel,^ George,'' William'), born in Concord, 
Oct. 17, 1679; married May 12, 1708, Abiel Lee. 

He resided in Concord ; was a deacon and a captain in 
the militia. He sold, Oct. 24, 1733, a tract of land in Acton, 
part of which was owned by the heirs of Samuel Stratton, of 
Concord. Sold May 23, 1734, land in Concord village, whereon 
his father, Samuel Meriam, had formerly lived. Made a 
deed of gift to John Farrar, April 20, 1744. 

His only child died in 1736, so this branch of the family, 
the line of George, second son of William," came to an end. 
His wife died Aug. 29, 1756, aged 72. 

He died June i, 1764. In his will, dated June 9, 1763, 
proved Jan. 6, 1764, he bequeathed to the heirs of his sisters, 
Sarah Gates, of Harvard ; Susannah Fo.x, of Concord ; Han- 
nah Fox, of Dracut ; Sarah Wheeler, of Concord ; and Abi- 
gail Marble, of Stow. He also made bequests to Samuel, 
John, and Joseph, sons of his deceased kinsman, John Farrar; 
to widows Joanna Farrar and Susannah Soper, the latter 
then living with him; to Mary Burroughs and Mary Stearns. 
John Meriam, of Sudbury, and Joseph Farrar were the ex- 
ecutors of the will. 

Child : 

Samuel,' b. June 30, 171 2; d. unm. March 10, 1736. 



FIFTH GENERATION 



y/ 22 

Ebenezer 5 (Joseph," William,^ Joseph,' William '), born 
at Lynn, Feb. 11, 1685; married first, Feb. 13, 1709-10, 
Jerusha, daughter of Daniel and Mary Berry, of I3oston. 
After her death he married second, Elizabeth . 

He was a housewright. He and Ezekiel Cheever were 
granted the privilege of building a mill on Saugus River, 



FIFTH GENERATION 59 

Oct. 8, 1722. He sold out to Cheever in 1729. This was 
the first mill on the river. In partnership with Thomas Berry, 
of Boston, he bought land in B. in 17 16, which they divided 
a few months later. His home was near the lines of Boston 
and Maiden. He sold land in I.ynn while residing there in 
1729, and 1731-2. He removed to Mendon a little later. 
Residing there, he sold land in Lynn, April 13, 1733, his wife, 
Jerusha, signing with him. 

He was licensed to keep tavern in Mendon, Aug. 12, 1735; 
was elected one of the selectmen, assessors, etc., and was 
chosen to represent the town in the General Court in 1738 
and 1739. 

He died Dec. 4, 1753. 

He signed his will, Oct. 20, 1753, and it was proved Feb. 
6, 1754. He gave to his wife Elizaljeth the use of one-third 
of his real estate during her life or widowhood, and the eastern 
half of the house from top to ixjttom, together with the pewter 
closet on the west side of the kitchen, and one-third part of 
the movable estate forever. To son Benjamin the remain- 
der of the real and personal estate, except certain bequests. 
To daughters Rebecca Breed, Elizabeth Lyon, and Lydia 
Penniman, twenty pounds apiece; to Joanna and Sarah 
Rhoads, children' of deceased daughter Athelred Rhoads, 
two pounds apiece at the age of eighteen ; to granddaughter, 
Hannah, daughter of deceased daughter, Hannah Lovett, 
forty shillings, at the age of eighteen; to Charles and Dan 
Aldrich, sons of deceased daughter Mary Aldrich, ten pounds 
apiece at the age of twenty-one; to grandson Ichabod Rob- 
binson, son of daughter Ruth Robbinson. deceased, forty 
shillings at the age of twenty-one. Son Benjamin, executor. 
'I'he widow signed a statement, Aug. 10, 1754, to the effect 
that she had agreed entirely with her son Benjamin as to her 
portion in the movable estate and the thirds of the whole 
estate for the present year. 

Children, born in Lynn : 

i. Athelred," b. July 10, 1711; m. Nov. 19, 1735, John Rhodes. 

55. ii. Benjamin, 1). IJec. 30, 1712. 

iii. Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 1714-15; m. Lovelt. 

iv. Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1717-18; m. Aldrich. 

V. Ruth, b. Jan. 1, 1719-20; m. June 20, 1739, Robinson. 



60 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

vi. Jsrusha, b. Nov. 23, 1721; seems to have died before 1753. 

vii. Rebecca, b. May 14, 1726; m. Nov. i, 1750, Joseph Breed. 

viii. Elizabeth, b. June 13, 1729; m. Lyon. 

ix. Lydia, b. March i, 1731-2; m. Penniman. 



23 

Theophilus' {Joseph," William,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
at Lynn, July 16, 1688; married April 4, 1718, Abigail, daugh- 
ter of Isaac and Abigail Ramsdell. He was a house carpen- 
ter; lived in Lynn, near the boundaries of Maiden and I3os- 
ton (as they then ran). Transacted considerable business with 
his brother Ebenezer. Was found dead on the ice in Saugus 
River, Dec. 31, 1744. 

Abigail Merriam [widow of Theophilus?] married at Lynn, 
July 7, 1747, James Butler. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,* b. Jan. 22, 1719-20; m. Jan. 4, 1738-9, Samuel Rhoads. 
ii. Esther, b. Nov. 24, 1722. 

56. iii. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 6, 1724. 

iv. Joseph, b. July 21, 1728; m. Oct. 7, 1762, Ann Mason. 

V. Abigail, b. March 19, 1732-3. 

vi. Jerusha, b. March 18, 1735; m. Dec. 7, 1761, John Hawks. 

vii. John, b. May 24, 1738. 

viii. Ezekiel, b. July 29, 1744. 

24 

ICHABOD^ {William," William,^ Joseph," William'), born 
at Lynn, 20 Nov., 1700; married at Wallingford, Conn., 
Oct. 19, 1725, Abigail, daughter of Joseph Munson, born 
April 3, 1704. 

Resided in Wallingford, Conn. He died June 2, 1750. 

Children : 

57. i. Ichabod,* b. Jan. 11, 1728. 

58. ii. Munson, b. Aug. 19, 1730. 



FIFTH GENERATION 61 

26 

Samuel' (William* William,' Joseph,' William'), born 
at Lynn, May 20, 1716; married 21 March, 1739, Elizabeth 
Perkins. 

He resided in the part of WaUingford which became Che- 
shire; died in 1783. His will, dated 25 June, proved 24 Nov., 
1783, bequeathed his property to his wife Elizabeth, son 
Samuel, and daughters Elizabeth, Eunice, and Esther. 

Children : 

i. Eunice,* b. Feb, 14, 1740; d. Dec. 6, 1742. 

ii. Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1741 ; m. April 2, 1761, Wm. Hendricks, Jr. 

60. iii. Samuel, b. 9 .Aug., 1748. 

iv. Eunice; m. Feb. 7, 1767, Enoch Tolman, Jr. 
V. Esther; m. Aug. 26, 1763, Benjamin Hull, 
vi. Rebecca, b. Dec. 9, 1750. 

vii. William, b. Nov. 4, 1754; "died at New York in battle with 
the Enemy, Sept. 16, 1776." [Town record.] 

27 

Ebenezer5 {William,* William,' Joseph,' William'), born 
at WaUingford, Conn., March 26, 1718; married 6 June, 
1739, Hannah Rlakcsley. He resided in Cheshire, Conn., 
but acquired a house and 100 acres of land in New Haven, 
Conn., which he sold April 5, 1750. 

He died before December, 1752, when the widow Hannah 
was appointed guardian of the children Joseph, Hannah, 
Ebenezer, Ruth, and William. 

Children : 

i. Joseph,* b. Sept. 26, d. Oct. 16, 1740. 

61. ii. Joseph, b. Dec. 29, 1742. 
iii. Hannah, b. March 8, 1744. 

62. iv. Ebenezer, b. April 13, 1746. 
V. Ruth, b. Feb. 4, 1748. 

63. vi. William, b. June 5, 1751. 

28 

Nathaniel' {John,* Williairi,' Joseph,' William'), born 
at Lynn, March 26, 1696; married at WaUingford, Conn., 
Nov. 12, 1723, " by capt. hall esqr." Elizabeth, daughter of 
Dr.Benjamin Hulls, born April 8, 1698, died June 11, 1767. 



62 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was a farmer and carpenter and owner of mills, etc. ; 
resided in Meriden (then included in Wallingford), near 
" Pilgrims' Harbour," so called. He was confirmed as cap- 
tain of the Meriden company of militia by the Assembly of 
Connecticut in May, 1730. 

He died before the third Monday in March, 1776, when 
administration on the estate of " Capt. Nathaniel Merriam, 
late of Wallingford," was granted to his son Nathaniel. The 
property was appraised at £446: 18: 11. An agreement was 
made June 15, 1779, between Nathaniel for himself, and 
as the purchaser of the rights of his brother Matthew, of Ber- 
wick, in the State of Massachusetts; Bezaleel Ives and Han- 
nah, his wife ; John Hough and Lois, his wife ; Thomas 
Hough and Rebecca, his wife, all of Wallingford, by which 
they divided the property. Reference was made to the quit- 
claim deed from Matthew to Nathaniel. [New Haven Pro- 
bate Records.] 

Children : 

i. Elizabeth,* b. Feb. 28, 1727; m. "February ye last day," 

1744-5, to David Ives, 
ii. Rebecca b. Jan. 10, 1729; m. (i) Feb. 10, 1748, Joel Ives; 

m. (2) Thomas Hough, 
ill. Hannah, b. Aug. 27, 1731 ; m. Feb. 14, 1751, Bezaleel Ives. 

64. iv. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 5, 1734. 

V. Lois, b. ; d. April 17, 1735. 

65. vi. Matthew, b. Jan. 25, 1738. 

vii. Lois, b. July 28, 1740; m. June 10, 1763, John Hough. 



29 

John 5 {John* William,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Lynn, 
26 Oct., 1697; married first, April 21, 1725, Mary Merri- 
man, daughter of John and granddaughter of Lieut. 
Nathaniel Merriman, a pioneer in the colony. She died in 
May, 1732. He married second, Nov. 22, 1732, Mary Bur- 
rage. She died, Dec. 5, 1756. He married third, Aug. 9, 
1757, Hannah Ives. He resided at Meriden. He died May 
26, 1772, and his estate was divided to surviving children 
Jesse, Sarah, and Burrage. 



FIFTH GENERATION 63 

Children : 

i. Sarah,^ b. April 9, 1726; m. Oct. 31, 1745, Ignatius Rhodes. 

66. ii. Jesse, b. 21 Jan., 1728. 

iii. John, b. May 8, 1730; d. Aug. 6, 1732. 
iv. John, b. Sept. 7, 1737; d. June 28, 1738. 

67. V. Burrage, b. Oct. 27, 1739. 

30 

William' {John* William,^ Joseph,' William^), born at 
Lynn, April 9, 1700; removed with hi.s father and the fam- 
ily to Wallingford, Conn., and resided in that part of the 
town which came to be called Meriden. He married March 
24, 1726, Ruth Hart. She married second, Sept. 30, 1762, 
Deacon Edward Parker, and died about 1784. 

He died at Meriden, Conn., Oct. 4, 1751. 

The widow was appointed administratri.x and guardian 
to the children Sarah and Asahel, March 3, 1752. The prop- 
erty was appraised at £6,203: ii:6. Division was made by 
order of court the third Monday of February, 1754: to the 
widow " half the old house" and certain lands; to William, 
" eldest son," " the new house " and other lands; to Thomas, 
second son, one-eighth of the old house and lands; to John, 
"third son," lands; to Asahel, "fourth son," lands; to 
Esther, " eldest daughter," movables, one-eighth of the 
old house and lands; to Ruth, " second daughter," mov- 
ables, one-eighth of the old house and lands; to Sarah, 
" third daughter," movables, one-eighth of the old house 
and lands. 

Children : 

i. Hannah,* d. Nov. 29, 1728. 

68. ii. William, b. Feb. 12, 1728-9. 

69. iii. Thomas, b. Oct. 20, 1731. 

iv. Esther, b. Nov. 24, 1733; m. Aug. 26, 1763, Benjamin Hulls, 

v. Mary, b. April 20, d, June 7, 1735. 

vi. Ruth, b. Oct. 2, 1736; m. May 22, 1760, John Newell, 

vii. Susannah, b. Nov. 10, 1738; d. March 31, 1740. 

70. viii. John, b. May 10, 1740. 
ix. Sarah, b. Jan. 24, 1742. 

71.x. Asahel, b. Dec. 21, 1745. 



64 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

31 

Josephs (^John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at 
Lynn, March 29, 1704; married in Wallingford, Conn., 
July 18, 1729, Deborah " Roys " (Royce), who was born 
there, July 30, 1709, and died Aug. 12, 1761. 

He removed in his youth with his father to Wallingford, 
Conn., and resided there. 

He died Aug. 24, 1752. The widow was appointed admin- 
istratrix of the estate and guardian to the minor children, 
Feb. 19, 1752-3. Benjamin afterward attended to the busi- 
ness of settling the estate, and presented his account in Feb- 
ruary, 1754. The property was then divided to the widow 
and the ten surviving children. The appraisal was ;^8, 544 13 : 6. 

Children : 

72. i. Benjamin,* b. Dec. 24, 1730. 

73. ii. Joseph, b. Nov. 20, 1732. 

iii. Hannah (Anna), b. Dec. 27, 1734; m. March 10, 1757, Thomas 
Berry. 

74. iv. Isaac, b. May 28, 1737. 

V. Deborah, b. March 29, 1739; d. May 12, 1740. 

75. vi. Samuel, b. Oct. 17, 1741- 

vii. Deborah, b. Oct. 18, 1743; m. (i) Allen Rice; m. (2) James 

Hough, 
viii. Susannah, b. Sept. 9, 1745; m. Wm. Lusk. 
ix. Mehitabel, b. Sept. 10, 1747; m. June, 1768, Elisha Perkins. 

76. X. Marshall, b. June 21, 1749. 

77. xi. Christopher, b. Dec. 31, 1751. 

32 

Joseph' (Joseph,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 
Lexington, 171 7; was in his eleventh year at the death of his 
father in 1727; removed to Milton, and there married April 
24, 1740, Mary Haynes, of Braintrec. He sold to Andrew 
MacClure, of Oxford, July 13, 1739, his interest in a part of 
the estate of his father, Joseph Merriam, late of Lexington; 
and Dec. 17, 1739, he sold a portion of or all the remainder 
to Daniel Brown. He was a bricklayer and mason. 

Perhaps the person mentioned below was a son of this man, 
but we find no other items regarding him or any of this family 
Ln Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, or elsewhere. 



FIFTH GENERATION 65 

Joseph Merriam, aged 19, apprentice to Joseph Fields, of Braintree 
enlisted in Col. Benj. Lincoln's regiment which marched to the relief of 
fort [William] Henry March 29, 1757. [Hist. Gen. Reg. XV. 51.] 

Joseph Merriam of Weymouth, cordwainer, sold his right, title and in- 
terest in certain lands at Braintree March 10, 1767. [SufT. Deeds.] 

John 5 {John* Joseph,^ Joseph' William'), k^rn in Lex- 
ington, July 26, 1696; specified in the settlement of his father's 

estate as the oldest son ; married Hannah . Resided 

some time in Concord. 

Removed to Littleton. He was a blacksmith. One of 
his apprentices, Josiah Stearns, became a man of much emi- 
nence in the town and county. 

He sold various tracts of land in Littleton in 1736-7. He 
died July 3, 1737, " in his 42d year." [Gravestone.] 

The widow Hannah was appointed administratri.x of the 
estate, Nov. 23, 1737, and i)resentcd her account and re- 
ceived her thirds in 1741. Willard, in his fifteenth year, chose 
his mother for a guardian u[)on her appointment as admin- 
istratri.x. John cho.se David Mclvin as his guardian in 1740. 

Willard received the remainder of the estate, March 18, 
1744, giving the other children their portions. The inven- 
tory mentioned the father's " interest in the estate of his 
brother, William Meriam, deceased, in the town of Worces- 
ter." James Russell signed with his wife Hannah, in re- 
ceipt for her portion. 



Children: 



80. 




81. 


ii. 




111. 




IV. 




V. 




VI. 



Willard,* b. Sept. 6, 1723. 

John, b. Nov. 5, 1725. 

Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1728. 

Silas, b. Aug. 11, 1731; d. Jan. 16, 1737. 

Daniel, b. k\tr\\ i, 1733; d. May 3, 1740. 

Hannah, b. Oct. 29, 1735; ^- James Russell. 



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Benjamin' {John,* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born in 
Lexington, Jan. 6, 1700; married Mary . 

They ([uitclaimed their interest in certain lands in Lex- 
ington to Rachel, wife of John Cutter, Sept. 21, 1742. 



66 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He died Aug. 28, 1773. She died Jan. 18, 1763. "He 
was one who marched to the relief of Fort William Henry 
in 1757." Was a blacksmith. 

Children : 

i. A child, d. Feb. 20, 1731. 

ii. Maryf b. April 4, bapt. April 8, 1733. 

iii. Elizabeth, b. March 10, bapt. March 16, 1735; ni. June 22, 

1758, Jonas Brown, of Waltham. 
82. iv. Benjamin, b. June 8, bapt. June 12, 1737. 

V. Aaron, b. Sept. 21, bapt. Sept. 28, 1740, d. Jan. 3, 1740, x. 3 

mos., 13 d. 



35 

Jonas' (John,-* Joseph,^ Joseph,- William^), born in Lex- 
ington, 13 Feb., 1703, baptized Jan. 12, 1704; married first, Oct. 
3, 1728," Abigail, .daughter of William and Mary (Clark) 
Locke, born in Woburn. They were admitted to the church 
at Lexington, July i, 1729. She died Dec. 13, 1755; and 
he married second, June 22, 1758, Mrs. Sarah Winship, who 
died March 15, 1773. He died July 23, 1776, aged 73. 

He was a housewright; held several town offices; was 
treasurer in 1747. 

Children : 

83. i. John,'^ b. Julv 28, bapt. Aug. 3, 1729. 

84. ii. Jonas, b. Dec, 1730. [R. N. H.] 

85. iii. William, bapt. Dec. 17, 1732. 

86. iv. Abraham, b. Dec. 28, bapt. Dec. 29, 1734. 

87. V. Silas, b. March 5, bapt. March 6, 1737. 

88. vi. James, b. April 10, bapt. April 11, 1739. 
vii. Abigail, b. June 11, bapt. June 14, 1741. 

viii. Eunice, b. June 29, bapt. July 3, 1743; d. before 1746. 
i.x. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, bapt. Nov. 3; d. Dec. 17, i745- 



36 

Ebenezer s {John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Lexington, March 2, baptized March 3, 1705-6; mar- 
ried first, Esther, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mellen) 
Gleason, born at Framingham, April 6, 1711. She died Dec. 
8, 1740. He married second, Sept. 17, 1747, Elizabeth, daugh- 



FIFTH GENERATION 67 

ter of Ebcnezer and Mary (Merriam) Locke. She survived 
him, and died May i, 1797, aged 77. He was a farmer; re- 
moved to Oxford about 1729. He died Aug. 20, 1761. 

Children : 

89. i. Ebenezer* b. March 28, 1734. 

ii. Mary, b. Sept. 14, i735; d. Oct. 30, 1749. 

iii. William, b. June 16, 1737; d. 1738. 

iv. Esther, b. April 11, 1739; m. Oct. 15, 1767, Dr. Isaac Burnet, 

of Warwick and Dummer.ston, Vt. 
V. Elizabeth, b. June i, 1748; m. May 30, 1770, Benjamin Tewell 

(Tuel), of Warwick; she d. June 21, 1790. 

90. vi. Jotham, b. Aug. 15, 1749. 

vii. Phebe, b. Jan. 21, 1751; m. Nov. 26, 1772, Stephen Pratt. 

viii. Mary, d. Oct. 30, 1749. 

i.x. Jonathan, b. March 22, 1753; d. 1753. 

91. .\. Ephraim, b. July 8, 1755. 

xi. Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1760; m. (int. June 10, 1778) Walter Fitts. 

37 

Joshua 5 {John* Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), bom in 
Lexington, Feb. 21, 1707-8, l)aptizcd the next day; mar- 
ried Nov. 12, 1733, Susanna, daughter of Thomas Glcason, 
Jr. He ovined lantl in " the Country Gore," Oxford, where 
he lived, and also in " Roxbury and Gardner's, Canada," 
the tract given to those who were in the Canada expedition, 
under Capt. Andrew Gardner. He was ensign in 1751, 
lieutenant in 1754. He was captain of North Gore Militia 
Company, and marched with his command, August, 1757, 
on the alarm to relieve Fort William Henry; went to Shef- 
field, and returned. The house he built in 1730 lasted till 
1843, and was the l)irthplace of three generations of ten chil- 
dren each. 

He died June 7. 1784. His widow died Oct. i, 1788. 

Children : 

92. i. Joshua,* b. Aug. 18, 1734. 

ii. Susanna, b. Oct. 23, 1736; m. Samuel Eddy, Jr., of Ward; 

d. 1803. 
iii. Ruth, b. Feb. 4, 1739; m. March 26, 1765, Henry Burnet; 

res. Warwick, 
iv. John, b. March 31, 1741; d. Nov. 28, 1761. 
V. Mercy, b. July 5, 1743; d. :799. 



68 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

vi. Lydia, b. July 26, 1745; m. David Gleason. 

93. vii. James, b. Nov. 30, 1747. 

viii. Mary, b. March 2, 1750; d. Nov. 24, 1768. 

ix. Martha, b. June 30, 1752; m. Nov. 25, 1769, Asa Conant; 
res. Warwick; d. March 12, 18 12. 

94. X. Asa, b. Oct. 21, 1754. 



38 

Amos' (John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in Lex- 
ington, born July 25, and baptized, 31, 1715; married Nov. 
9, 1738, Hannah Danforth. 

He was admitted to the church, April 4, 1736. He was 
one of the petitioners in 1744 to be set off to the new town 
of Lincoln, and became a resident of Berhn when that was 
set off from I^incoln. 

He made his will, Dec. 27, 1785; proved May 16, 1786; 
bequeathed to his sons Amos, Jonathan, and Levi, giving 
the two latter his blacksmith tools; to Hannah, James, Levi, 
and Mary, cliildren of deceased daughter Hannah Town- 
send; to daughter Sarah Meriam; to Rufus and Lucy, 
children of deceased daughter Lucy Whitcomb; and to daugh- 
ter Abigail Moore. 

The widow died in Berlin. Her will, of which her son, 
" Capt. Jonathan Meriam," was executor, is on file, dated 
Jan. II, 1810, proved May 21, 1811. She made bequests 
to Lucy Hoar, granddaughter of her deceased daughter 
Lucy Whitcomb; to her daughters Sarah Lincoln and Abi- 
gail Moore; to sons Jonathan, Amos, and Levi, and heirs 
of deceased daughters Hannah and Lucy. 

Children : 

95. i. Amos," b. Aug. 24, bapt. Aug. 26, 1739. 

ii. Jonathan, b. Aug. 16, bapt. Aug. 23, 1741 ; d. Jan. 5, 1823, unm. 

iii. Hepsibah, b. Aug. 16, bapt. Sept. 6, 1741; d. young, 

iv. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, bapt. Feb. 12, 1744; m. James Townsend. 

V. Sarah, b. April 18, bapt. April 20, 1746; m. William Lincoln, 

vi. Lucy, b. Sept. 4, bapt. Sept. 11, 1748; m. William Whitcomb. 

96. vii. Levi, b. Feb. 3, 1756. 

viii. Abigail, b. March 31, 1758; m. Uriah Moore. 



FIFTH GENERATION 69 

39 

Joseph' (Robert* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), bom in 
Lexington, March 3, 1697 ; married (called Joseph, Jr.), 
Oct. 9, 1718, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Brewer, of 
Weston. His sister Hannah was married on the same day 
to Mary's brother John. [See Midx. Deeds, 38, 140.] They 
were admitted to the church of Lexington, Sept. 13, 17 19. 
He was constable, 1738, tithingman, 1741. 

He died Nov. 15, 1745. The widow was appointed guard- 
ian of her son Joseph, May 23, 1747. Jonas Stone was ap)- 
pointed guardian of RolxTt and Sarah in 1753. John Brewer 
was appointed guardian of Joseph as a person non compos 
tnenlis in 1755. The widow married second, April 7, 1757, 
Josiah Parks, of Lincoln. 

Benjamin Barrett and his wife Sarah, heir-at-law to Jo- 
seph Mcriam, late of Lexington, sold, Nov. 13, 1773, all her 
rights she might have at the decease of her mother, Mary 
Parks, of Lexington, widow in her third of Joseph's estate. 

Children : 

i. Joseph,'' bapt. July 13, 1719; d. April 22, 1725. 

ii. Elizabeth, b. June 13, bapt. 18, 1721; d. .Aug. 26, 1722. 

iii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28, bapt. same day, 1722; d. Jan. i, 1722-3. 

iv. Abigail, b. ; rei'd to church June 21, 1741. 

V. Robert, b. Oct. 29, bapt. 31, 1725 ; d. young. 

vi. Robert, bapt. June 12, 1726; d. June 11, 1729. 

vii. Mary, b. June 23, bapt. same day, 1728. 

viii. Beulah, b. .Aug. 2, bapt. .same day, 1730; m. July 7, 1757, 

John Chandler, of Lincoln and Le.vington. 

ix. Joseph, b. July 10, bapt. 23, 1732; sold his lands March 20, 

1754- 

X. Sarah, b. Jan. 4, bapt. 5, 1734-5; m. Benjamin Barrett. 

98. xi. Robert, bapt. June 11, 1738. 



40 

Jonathan' (Robert,' Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born 
in Lexington, July 25, 1705; married Sarah . 

He removed to " Country Gore," O.xford, in May, 1729, 
with his brother. Dr. Hezekiah. Built a house, and remained 
till 1734; returned to Lexington. He died Teb. 20, 1738-9. 

No children, so far as is known. His estate was settled 
by the widow and brother Joseph, ISLarch 12, 1738-9. 



70 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

41 

Hezekiah' {Robert,"* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Lexington, March 30, 1707; married [?] Prudence . 

Settled at Oxford; was a physician and farmer, highly 
respected. Removed after 1792 to Ward, where he died, 
Oct. 24, 1803. 

The town record says that he died " aged 99 ; left a widow, 
a. 94, with whom he had lived 78 years." But the record of 
his birth and that of his oldest child indicate that the town 
clerk wrote " poetically." 

Children : 

i. Prudence, b. Aug. 14, 1731; m. June 25, 1751, Lemuel Ed- 
wards. 
99. ii. Hezekiah, b. June 15, 1733. 

iii. Robert, b. Aug. 24, 1735; soldier in the French war; d. Oct. 

7, 1758- 
iv. Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1737; d. young. 
V. Joanna, b. March, 1740; m. Joseph Edwards, 
vi. Abigail, b. March 24, 1742; m. June 18, 1761, Jacob Pierce, 
vii. Hannah, b. April 19, 1744; m. (pub. June ii, 1763) Joseph 

Muzzy, Jr., of Shrewsbury, 
viii. Lucy, b. May 18, 1746; m. April 15, 1767, Benjamin Keyes, 

of Shrewsbury. 
ix. Persis, b. Aug. 16, 1751; m. June 29, 1791, Abner Claflin, of 

Sandisfield. 
X. Sarah, b. 1753; d. Sept. 2, 1759. 
xi. Jonathan, b. 1756; d. 1759. 



42 

Thomas' (Thomas,^ Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Lexington, April 15, baptized, 21, 1700; married Tabitha 
Stone. She died June 22, 1760. He resided in Lexington. 

He was admitted to the church, Aug. 2, 1721; died June 

4, 1752- 

The widow and her children, — Mary Whitney, Thomas 
Merriam, Tabitha Whitney, Lydia Cutting, Elizabeth Saw- 
tell, and David Merriain, joined Jan. 20, 1757, in sale of their 
rights in Lots Nos. 81 and 82, in Narragansett township 
No. 2 in Worcester County to her son Samuel. This was 
property which the son Nathan had owned. See No. 102. 



FIFTH GENERATION 71 



Children ; 



lOO. 


1. 


lOI. 


ii. 




iii. 




iv. 


I02. 


V. 




vi. 



Samuel, b. Dec. 21, bapt. 29, 1723. 

Nathan, b. April 9, bapt. 11, 1725. 

Mary, b. June 15, bapt. 18, 1727; m. David Whitney, of Wal- 

tham. 
Hannah, b. Aug. 7, bapt. 10, 1729; d. Feb. 14, 1729-30. 
Thomas, b. April 24, bapt. 2, 1731. 

Tabitha, b. May 10, bapt. 13, 1733; m. Nathan Whitney, of 
Waltham; removed to Westminster, 
vii. Lydia, b. Oct. 28, bapt. Nov. 3, 1734; m. March 27, 1755, 
Josiah Cutting, of Westminster. 
103. viii. David, b. in 1736; under guardianship in 1756, joined in deed 
Jan. 20, 1757. 
ix. Keziah, b. Feb. 14, bapt. 20, 1737; d. Aug. 20, 1740. 
X. Elizabeth, b. July 29, bapt. 30, 1738; m. Nov. 25, 1756, Moses 

Sawtell, of Groton. 
xi. Hannah, b. July 9, bapt. 15, 1739. 
xii. Eunice, b. June 30, bapt. July 6, 1740; d. A|>ril 27, 1741. 



43 

Nathaniel' {Thamas* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Le.\inf:;ton, Dec. 6, bapt. 9, 1705; married Esther (Hes- 
ter), daughter of Hcnjamin and Patience Muzzy. 

He died at Harvard, Sept. 27, 1783, " ae. 77." 

Children : 

i. Esther,'' b. Oct. 23, bapt. 27, 1734; m. Nov. 27, 1760, Samuel 
Jones. 

104. ii. Nathaniel, b. April 16, bapt. 17, 1737. 
iii. Mary, b. Oct. 31, bapt. Nov. 4, 1739. 

iv. Abigail, b. March 11, 1743-4, bapt. same day; m. June 27, 

1765, Bartholomew Richardson, of Woburn. 
V. Patience, bapt. .April 6, 1746. 

105. vi. Simon, b. June 3, ba])t. 11, 1749. 
vii. Sarah, bapt. Sejjt. 18, 1757. 



44 

Isaac 5 (Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William'), born in 
Lexington, July 5, baptized, July 11, 1714, married Sept. 
I, 1736, Sarah Davis. Resided at Bedford. 

He tlied April 19, 1741, and his estate was administered 
upon by the widow, Sarah, and his brother Simon, June 
29, 1 74 1. He had owned a tract of land at Townsend among 
other properties. The widow married, Sept. lo, 1746, Na- 



72 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

thaniel Ball, of Concord, and presented her final account 
as administratrix in February following. She received ;^i5 
for her right of dower in the real estate which she transferred 
for the benefit of " the only surviving child." She died in 
Groton, N. H., May 25, 1799, in her 89th year. 

Children : 

106. i. Isaac,* b. at Bedford Aug. 30, 1737. 
ii. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1738-9; d. young, 
iii. Eleazer, b. Sept. 12, 1740; d. young. 

45 

John 5 {John,'* John-' Joseph," William^), born in Con- 
cord, July 26, 1692; married, Nov. 15, 1714, Abigail Nor- 
cross, of Sudbury. He resided at Concord. 

He died in 1735, leaving a will in the form of a power of 
attorney to Samuel Meriam, of Concord, authorizing him 
to take possession of any estate he might own at the time 
of his death, pay funeral expenses and debts, and distribute 
the remainder to his children, viz., Sarah, Abigail, Alary, 
and John, at their lawful age. Dated Jan. 12, 1735. Samuel 
gave bond, Feb. 23, 1735-6. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,* b. Nov. 22, 17 15. 

ii. Abigail, b. Sept. 19, 1717. 

iii. John, b. Jan. i, 1719-20; d. young. 

iv. Jerusha, b. Feb. 22, 1722; seems to have d. before 1735. 

V. Mary, b. May 4, 1724; m. May 8, 1746, Jacob Farrar. 

vi. Jemima, b. Aug. 16, 1726; d. June 13, 1729. 

107. vii. John, b. June 30, 1729. 

4(> 

John' {Nathaniel,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 
Concord, May 16, 1704; married at Bedford, March 23, 
1730-1, Abigail " Howard." Sept. 18, 1732, they sold a 
share in the estate of her father, " Simeon Haj'Avard." Lived 
at Bedford; died Sept. 20, 1767. His widow married sec- 
ond, Jan. 20, 1774, James Lane. She died Nov. 15, 1793. 

He was a man of prominence, an " esquire " and a "lieu- 
tenant." 



FIFTH GENERATION 73 

He made his will Aug. 1 1, and it was proved Sept. 29, 1767. Bequeathed 
to wife Abigail, sons John and William, daughters Rebekah Stone, 
Mary Crosby, Anna Page, and Lydia Sherman. Son John executor. 
Samuel Hayward guardian to William. 

Children : 

i. Rebecca,'' b. Sept. 28, 1731; m. Jan. 13, 1758, Joseph Stone. 
ii. Mary, b. July 25, 1733; m. April 17, 1755, Ephraim Crosby, 
of Billcrica. 

108. iii. John, b. Feb. 13, 1735. 

iv. Anna, b. July 13, 1737; m. Jan. i, 1756, Thomas Page. 

V. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 15, 1739; d. "in his majesty's ser\-ice at 

Lake George " Sept. 15, 1758. 
vi. Lydia, b. April 6, 1742; m. March i, 1759, Rev. Nathaniel 

Sherman, of Bedford, who d. at East Windsor, Conn., July 

18, 1797. 
vii. William, b. Feb. 3, 1744; d. Aug. 15, 1749. 
viii. Abigail, b. April 28, 1746; d. Aug. 16, 1749. 
ix. Thaddeus, b. April 17, 1748; d. Oct. 24, 1754. 

109. X. William, b. Aug. 25, 1750. 



47 

Ebenezers {Ebenezer* JoJm,' Joseph,' William'), born 
in Concord, Aug. 23, 1717; was published at Weston, Oct. 
7, 1739, to Sarah Hoadly, of W. ; married in Bedford, Dec. 
9, 1742, Sarah Davis; lived at Concord. 

He died July 12, 1751, leaving a will in which he bequeathed 
his property to his wife Sarah, his father Eljenczer, and his 
two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth; proved Aug. 5, 1751. 
" The widow married second, April 5, 1753, Phineas Blood." 
[W. S. A.] 

Children : 

i. Sarah, b. Feb. 7, 1742; " m. June 30, 1759, John Champ- 

ney." [W. S. A.] 
ii. Elizabeth, b. March i, 1744. 

48 

Joseph' (Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 
Concord, Sept. 16, 1709; married first, in 1733, Ruth, daugh- 
ter of John Hunt, who left lands for her children, which her 
brother Simon Hunt conveyed to her husband for them in 



74 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1667. [Mdx. Deeds, 70, 514.] She was born May 13, 1714, 
and died Aug. 17, 1749. He married second, Dec. 26, 1754, 
Hannah (Paul) Wadsworth, born in 171 7, died Aug. 30, 1794. 

He received from his father a share in the Hassanamisco 
Indian purchase (bought from the Indians, March 19, 1727). 
To that region, which became the town of Grafton, he re- 
moved. He was a man of unblemished character, a deacon 
of the church for fifty years, much respected. A memorial 
window in his honor has been placed in the church building 
at Grafton. 

He died May 5, 1797. 

Children : 

no. i. Joseph* b. Sept. 19, 1734. 

ii. Ruth, b. Aug. 29, 1736; d. Sept. 18, 1740. 

iii. Hannah, b. April 17, 1738; m. (intention at Westboro 

Dec. 4, 1761) Rev. Jonathan Grout (b. 1763, H. C. 1790, 

pastor at Hawley, 1793, d. 1835). 
iv. Mary, b. Aug. 8, d. Sept. 19, 1740. 
V. Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1741; m. (int. at Westboro March 17, 1764) 

Joseph Harrington, 
vi. Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1743; m. Perley Batcheller. 
III. vii. Timothy, b. Dec. 20, 1746. 

viii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1747; m. Abner Stow. 

ix. Lucy, b. Dec. 30, 1755; m. Andrew Adams; d. March 19, 1842. 

X. Anna, b. July 24, d. Nov. 28, 1758. 



49 

Samuel' {Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,'' William'), born at 
Concord, Aug. 26, 1712; married first, March 17, 1741, 
Jerusha Brooks. She died Oct. 2, 1747. He married second, 
Dec. 21, 1749, Esther Wheeler, of Concord. 

He died May 4, 1769. "A constant attendant upon public 
worship, a tender husband, a kind and instructive father, 
a generous friend and good neighbour." [Epitaph.] In his 
will, dated March 4, proved July 25, 1769, he gave his estate 
to his wife Esther, his sons Ebenezer and John, and his 
daughter, Esther. No allusion to other children in the will 
or probate papers. His brother Nathan was executor. The 
widow died Sept. 25, 1775, in her 56th year. 



FIFTH GENERATION 75 



Children : 



i. Elizabeth,'' b. Feb. 7, 1742. 

ii. Samuel, b. Sept. 2, 1744. 

iii. Hannah, b. March 4, 1745-6. 

iv. Jerusha, b. Oct. 2, 1747; d. Jan. 12, 1748. 

V. Ebenezcr, b. Jan. 8, 1751-2; d. March 7, 1775. 

112. vi. John, b. 12 Jan. 1754. 

vii. Esther, b. ; m. March 5, 1770, Thomas Bond; removed 

to Augusta, Me. 

viii. Stephen, b. May 27, 1761. 

60 

Nathan' {Joseph* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born at 
Concord, May 12, 1720; married, Jan. 11, 1743, Abigail 
Wheeler. 

Resided at Concord; was a farmer; died Nov. 11, 1782, 
bequeathin<^ his estate to his wife and the eight children then 
surviving. His widow died May 29, 1796. 

Children : 

113. i. Josei)li,'' b. Jan. 26, 1744. 

ii. .\bigail, b. Nov. 18, 1745; m. Jan. 27, 1780, Nathan Stow. 

iii. Dorothy, b. Dec. 16, 1747; d. Sept. 7, 1766. 

iv. Lucy. b. Aug. 7, 1749; m. Nov. 22, 1776, Amos Hosmer. 

114. V. Nathan, b. May 25, 1751. 

vi. Mehitable, b. March 25, 1753; d. June 6, 1754. 

vii. David, b. Oct. 28, 1754; d. June 16, 1755. 

viii. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1756; m. Nov. 22, 1776, Joseph Wright. 

ix. Hepzibah, b. Oct. 23, 1758; m. Feb. 23, 1782, Aaron Wright. 

115. X. Amos, b. April 10, 1760. 

116. xi. Ephraim, b. Jan. 26, 1764. 

51 

JosLAH' {Joseph," John,i Joseph,' William'), born at 
Concord, Feb. 13, 1726; married June 17, 1746, Lydia 
Wheeler. She died Aug. 30, 1802, aged 78. 

He resided at Concord. 

He died April 23, 1809. 

THE WILL OF JOSEPH MERIAM 

In the name of God Amen; I Josiah Merriam of Concord in the county 
of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman being at the 
writing hereof; of a sound disposing mind and memory, and sensible 



76 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

of my mortality Do make this my last will and Testament; and first of 
all I commend my precious soul into the hands of God, Trusting in the 
merits of Jesus Christ for Salvation; my Body I commit unto the dust, 
to be Buried in a christianlike and decent manner at the discretion of 
my Executor who I shall hereafter appoint, nothing doubting but at the 
general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power 
of God; my Temporal and worldly Estate; I give Demise and Dispose 
of in the following manner Viz. 

Imprimis: My will is that all my Just debts and funerall Charges be 
first paid by my Executor hereafter named. Then I give and bequeath 
unto Lydia Merriam my beloved wife all my household good, that prop- 
erly belong to furnishing the house; duering her natural life and at her 
death to be equally divided jjetween all my Daughters; and also the use 
of the Westerly end of my dwelling house both loer Room and Chamber 
and the seller under the same my own houseyard, well and soforth as she 
shall need duering her widowhood, and also two cows and the keeping 
of the same; summer and winter. 

Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Son Joseph Merriam all my lands 
and buildings in Concord and in Bedford and in the town of Mason in 
the state of New Hampshire, saving the use of the Westerly end of my 
dwelling house bequeathed to my wife duering her widowhood, &c. and 
then they are to be the property of the said Joseph and his heirs forever; 
I also give him all my farming utensils and all my live stock that shall 
be found at my decease; I also give to my said son all my money and 
my notes of hand and book debts that shall be found due to me at my 
decease, ordering that my said son shall provide for my said wife his 
mother; every necessary that she shall stand in need of duering her widow- 
hood and shall give her a decent burial at death. 

Item. I bequeath unto my son Josiah Merriam the sum of Eighty 
five Dollars to Ije paid him by my Executor in one year after my deceas, 
which sum is in full with what I have heretofore given him, of his por- 
tion out of my Estate. 

Item. I give unto my son Timothy Merriam the sum of Twenty Dol- 
lars to be paid him in two years after my deceas, by my Executor, which 
is in full — with what I have heretofore given him, of his portion out of 
my Estate. 

Item. I give unto my Daughter Lydia Wheeler the sum of Twenty 
Dollars to be paid her in two years after my deceas, by my Executor, 
which sum is in full of her portion out of my Estate with what I have here- 
tofore given her. 

Item. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Wheeler the sum of Twenty 
Dollars to be paid her in two years after my deceas by my Executor, which 
sum is in full of her portion out of my Estate with what I have already 
given her. 

Item. I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Hall the sum of Thirty five 
Dollars to be paid her in two years after my deceas by my Executor, which 
sum is in full of her portion out of my Estate with what I have heretofore 
given her. 

Item. I give to my grandaughter Anna Hoar: one bed, under bed and 



FIFTH GENERATION 77 

bed spd. and bolster, and also Seventy Dollars in money to be paid to her 
when she shall arrive at full age, or at her marriage if she shall marry 
before she shall arrive at full age by my Executor. 

Finally I do Constitute my son Joseph Merriam to be the sole Execu- 
tor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow 
Revoke and disannul all and Every other former Will, Legacies, Execu- 
tions and bequeaths In any ways or manners by me before named \\'illed 
or bequeathed; Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my 
Last Will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal this Nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord 
one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety nine — and in the Twenty 
third year of the Independence of America. 

JosiAH Meriam (Seal) 
Signed, Sealed, Published 
and declared by the said 
Josiah Merriam as his last 
will and testament. In 
presents of us 

William Merriam 

William Bellamy Merriam 

Betsey Fiske 
Proved June 14, 1809, all the heirs approving. 

Children : 

i. Lydia,* b. May i, 1747; m. Phineas Wheeler. 

ii. Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1749; d. June 17, 1754. 

iii. Rebecca, b. Sept. 12, 1751; d. June 18, 1754. 

iv. Sarah, b. April 19, 1753; m. July 30, 1776, Noah W'heeler. 

117. V. Josiah, 1). June 27, 1755. 

118. vi. Timothy, b. Sept. 29, 1757. 

vii. Anna, b. April 10, 1760; m. Nov. i, 1781, Isaac Hoar. 

viii. Oliver, b. .•\[)ril 10, 1762; d. Sept. 18, 1784. 

ix. Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1764; m. Oct. 5, 1785, Thomas Hall, 

of Cambridge. 
X. Rebecca, b. Dec. 18, 1765. 

119. xi. Joseph, b. July 22, 1767. 



52 

Nathaniel' {Samuel,'* Jolin,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
at Concord. May 7. 1720; married at Bedford, Dec. 27, 
1748, Olive Wheeler, of Bedford. 

Was executor of his father's estate in 1761. 

He resided at Bedford; died "from infirmities of age," 
May 9>Si8o2.3[_IIis widow died " of a paralytic stroke," Nov. 
25, 1806, aged 79. 



78 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

I20. i. Samuel,'' b. Nov. 5, 1749. 

ii. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1753; m. May 8, 1773, Zebulon Converse, 

of Rindge, N. H. 
iii. Olive, b. March i, 1763. 



SIXTH GENERATION 



55 

Benjamin * (Ebenezer,^ Joseph,'* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Lynn, Dec. 30, 1712; married June 25, 1741, 
Rachel, daughter of Edmond and Rachel Morse, born June 
8, 1725, died Aug. 31, 1766. 

He resided in Mendon ; was a farmer. His homestead is 
still known (from a later owner) as " the Redwood Place," 
about one-half mile south of the village. He died Oct. 8, 
1778. He signed his will, Aug. 31, and it was proved Nov. 
3, 1778. He bequeathed to his son Edmond 300 pounds; 
to son Ebenezer, 150 pounds; to daughter Rachel Marsh, 
150 pounds and two-thirds of the indoor movables; to son 
William, 150 pounds; to daughter Ruth Merriam, 150 pounds 
and one-third of the indoor movables; to Jonathan and 
William, sons of his deceased daughter, Jerusha Shepherd, 
40 shillings each; all his wearing apparel and out-of-door 
movables to his three sons; the residue of his estate to be 
divided between all of his children in the same proportion 
as the money legacies; son Edmond, executor. 

Children : 

i. Jerusha,' b. April 7, 1743; m. Jan. 21, 1768, Jonathan Shepard. 

121. ii. Edmond, b. Feb. 7, 1744-5. 

iii. Rachel, b. Oct. 30, 1746; d. March 25, 1749. 
iv. Rachel, b. Feb. 5, 1749-50; m. Douglas Marsh. 

122. V. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 7, 1751. 

vi. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28, 1752; d. Sept. 16, 1753. 

vii. Benjamin, b. Dec. 4, 1754; d. before his father, apparently. 

viii. Margaret, b. July 4, 1757; d. April i, 1765. 



SIXTH GENERATION 79 

ix. William, b. May 24, 1759; nothing further known about him. 

X. Ruth, b. May 18, 1761. 

xi. Daniel, b. July 7, 1763; d. July 10, 1765. 

xii. Josiah, b. June 21, 1765; d. Sept. 30, 1766. 



56 

Ebenezer,* {Theophilus,^ Joseph* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Lynn, Sept. 6, 1724; married there, Nov. 
27, 1760, Sarah Daniels. 

He removed to Walpole about 1766. 

Children : 

i. John,' b. July 26, 1763. 

ii. Keziah, b. July 25, 1767. 

iii. Grace, b. Nov. 8, 1770. 

iv. Rebecca (liecca), b. Sept. 22, 1773. 

V. Sally, b. Sept. 19, 1779. 

vi. Rufus, b. Oct. 7, 1782. 



57 

TcHABon,* (frhdbod,^ U'llliant,' William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), Ijorn in Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 11, 1728; married 
Aug. 14, 1 75 1, Elizabeth Beadell. 

Resided in Wallingford, Conn. 

He died Jan. 15, 1757. The widow was appointed ad- 
ministratrix of the estate. She married second, April 6, 1758, 
Amos Hotchkiss. Ichabod and Elizal)eth arc mentioned in 
the probate jxij)ers, and Abigail, to whom Munson Merriam 
was appointed guardian, Sept. 18, 1769. He was also appointed 
guardian of Ichabod, April 26, 1772. 

Children : 

i. Ichabod,' b. June 11, 1752; d. May 18, 1754. 

ii. Elizabeth, birth not recorded. 

iii. Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1753; m. Dec. 26, 1771, David Hotchkiss. 

iv. Ichabod, b. March 28, 1755; d. same day. 

124. V. Ichabod, b. Jan. 7, 1757. 



80 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



68 



Munson'' {Ichabod,^ William," William,^ Joseph,^ Will- 
iam'), born at Wallingford, Conn., Aug. 19, 1730; married 
Dec. 26, 1764, Rebekah Bartholomew. 

He resided in Wallingford, Conn., in the portion set off 
as Cheshire, Conn., after some time. Bequeathed his estate 
to his wife and children, and charged them to care for his 
"aged mother;" will dated 7 Oct., 1777; proved March 
10, 1794. 

Children : 







Rebecca,' b. Oct. 6, 1765. 


25- 


ii. 


Munson, b. April 11, 1767. 


26. 


iii. 


Isaac, b. Feb. g, 1770. 


27. 


iv. 


Rufus, b. Jan. 8, 1772. 




V. 


Eunice, b. March 19, 1776. 



60 

Samuel •* {Saim(el,' William,' William,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Wallingford, Aug. 9, 1748; married June 28, 
1768, Martha Smith. 

He removed to Whitehall, N.Y. 

Children : 

i. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 13, 1768. 

ii. John Smith, b. Feb. 2, 1770; d. July 26, 1774- 

iii. Elizabeth Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1775. 

129. iv. William, b. Feb. 12, 1777. 

130. V. John, b. Oct. 26, 1779. 

61 

Joseph* (Ebcnezer,^ William," William,' Joseph,' William.'), 
born in Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 29, 1742; married Abigail 



He resided in Wallingford, Conn.; was known as " Joseph 
Merriam, Second." 

He died leaving a will, dated Feb. 11, 1805, which was 
proved March 5, following, bequeathing his estate to his wife 
Abigail, and his " children," not giving their names. Asaph 
Merriam was one of the appraisers of the estate. 



SIXTH GENERATION 81 

Ebenezer* (Ehenczcr,'^ William,^ William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born in Wallingford alxmt Ai)ril 13, 1746; married 
there, Oct. 9, 1767, Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Rowe, of 
Farmington, Conn. 

He removed to Halifax, N. S., in company with Rev. Mr. 
Andrews, an Episcopal minister, and other of his parish- 
ioners, at the close of the Revolution. 

Children : 

132. i. Daniel,' b. Cheshire, Ct., Nov. 30, 1768. 
^ii- "• Joseph, b. Jan. 2, 1771. 

iii. Rebecca, b. Sept. 29, 1773. 

iv. Rizpah, b. 1779. 
134. V. Ebenezcr, b. Jan. 13, 1781. 

vi. Hannah, b. Oct. 29, 1786. 

vii. Robert, b. in Nova Scotia in 1792; d. at Londonderry, N. S., 
Nov. 15, 1815. 

viii. William, b. 1796; d. at Douglas in Pictou, N. S., unm. Dec. 
25, 1818. 



6:i 

William* (Ebenezer,^ William* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Cheshire, Conn., June 5, 1751; married at 
Harwinton, Conn., Nov. 5, 1772, Deborah Catlin, who died 
Sept. 24, 1843, aged 89 years. 

He was a large landholder in Harwinton, Conn., a man of 
some prominence. Is said to have been a " churchman " 
and a Tory. He died March 28, 1800. 

Children : 

i. Hannah,' b. Aug. 17, 1773; m. Dec. 7, 1800, Ozias Webster, 
ii. Deborah, b. April 21, 1775; m. Benjamin Weston. 

136. iii. William, b. Feb. 14, 1777. 

iv. Honor, b. Feb. 10, 1779; d. Aug. 26, 1783. 

137. V. Clement, b. March 24, 1781. 

vi. Honor, b. May 31, 1784; m. Benoni Olcott. 

vii. Josephus, b. May 9, 1786; d. unm. June 23, 1807. 

138. viii. Joel, b. May 19, 1792. 



82 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

64 

Nathaniel'^ {Nathaniel,^ John* William,^ Joseph," Will- 
iam'), born at Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 5, 1734; married 
Feb. 19, 1756, Martha, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca 
(Bullard) Berry, born at Lynn, Nov. 9, 1736. She died at 
Meriden, Conn., Dec. 28, 1797. 

In this connection we present a document which contains 
a good deal of family history. 

" Nathaniel Douglas, Alexander Douglas, Frederick Hotchkiss son to 
Abigail Hotchkiss daughter of Sarah Douglas deceased, late wife to Alex- 
ander Douglas deceased late of Wallingford, Thomas Berry, Nathaniel 
Merriam and Martha Merriam his wife, Thomas Foster and Elizabeth 
Foster his wife, Daniel Bradley and Rebecca Bradley his wife, Ijeing heirs 
of Rebecca Berry deceased late wife of Thomas Berry late of Wallingford 
deceased," appointed Amos Rhodes of Lynn their attorney to settle the 
estates of Martha Wort and Jane Lewis, widows, both of Lynn deceased; 
their respective mothers Rebecca Berry deceased late wife of Thomas 
Berry late of Wallingford, deceased and Sarah Douglas deceased late 
wife of Alexander Douglas late of aforesaid Wallingford deceased, hav- 
ing been sisters of said Martha Wort and Jane Lewis. They proceeded 
to sell their rights in the estates mentioned to John Ballard of Boston for 
;i^iS : 18, three days later. [Essex co. Deeds 157, 233.] 

Nathaniel Merriam was a farmer and wheelwright ; resided 
in the Meriden section of Wallingford, Conn.; was received 
into the church Jan. 2, 1787. 

His will was proved Sept. 7, 1807. His son Nathaniel, 
then of Leyden, N.Y., and Asaph Merriam, of Meriden, were 
executors. The estate was appraised at $3,810.38. 

Children : 

i. Rebekah,' b. March 29, 1757; m. Elisha Cowles. 
ii. Damaris, b. June 17, 1759; m. Elisha Merriam. 

139. iii. Edmund, b. March 28, 1761. 

iv. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1763; m. Ezekiel Rice. 

V. A son, b. and d. 1765. 

vi. Martha, b. Jan. i, 1767; m. Capt. John Ives. He was one of 
the leading spirits of the colony which founded the town of 
West Turin, N.Y.; he d. March 13, 1828; his wife d. Feb. 
12, 1841. 

140. vii. Nathaniel, b. June 3, 1769. 

viii. Lois, b. Oct. 22, 1771; m. (i) March, 1791, Barnabas Yale; 

m. (2) Levi Hough, 
ix. Lucretia, b. Jan. 11, 1773; m. Nov. 14, 1793, Levi Hough, 

being his second wife. 



I 



SIXTH GENERATION 83 

65 

Matthew* (Nathaniel,'' John* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), torn at Wallingford, Ct., Jan. 25, 1738; married first, 
at Milton in 1766, Elizalx.'th, daughter of Oxenbridge Thatcher, 
Jr., of Boston. She was born April i, 1743, and died alx)ut 
1790. He married second, Jan. 15, 1791, Mrs. Bethiah Evans, 
of Boston. 

He was graduated at Vale College, A.B. 1759; received 
the degree of A.M. from Harvard in 1765; was ordained 
pastor of the Congregational church at South Berwick (Maine), 
Sept. 25, 1765, and continued in oflke till his death in Jan- 
uary 18, 1797. 

Mr. James Sheldon Merriam has a little record-book kept 
by Rev. Matthew Merriam in which he noted f)articularly the 
"Presents" made to him by his parishioners from Nov. 17, 
1778 to Jan. 18, 1797, and a list of purchases of meat and 
grain for a part of that time. .\11 manner of supplies for 
table and stable are mentioned among the gifts, from a bushel 
of oats to a sucking pig, or a sparerib or sirloin for roasting, 
and a (juart of branrly for sickness (past or future). 

There are no portions of the record quite worth transcribing 
here, but the names and amounts of donation will be of great 
value to the student of Berwick family history. The lxx)k was 
given to J. S. M. by the widow of George O. Merriam, a grand- 
son of the parson. 

He was a devoted, faithful, capable jiastor and preacher. 
It is related that, on the Sabbath after news had been re- 
ceived of the surrender of Cornwallis, Parson Merriam preached 
a patriotic and thankful sermon from the text, " Alleluia ! 
For the Lord Cod Omnijjotent reigneth." [Rev. xix. 6.] 



Children : 



141. 


1. 




ii. 




iii 


142. 


iv 


143- 


V. 



Nathaniel,' b. May 19, 1767. 

Elizabeth, b. F'eb. 24, 1770; m. Sept. 27, 1789, William Mather. 

She d. Sept. 12, 1823. 
Sarah, b. March 5, 1773. 
John, b. Aug. i, 1776. 
Matthew Thatcher, b. July 21, 1782. 
Persis, b. Jan. 27, 1784; d. unm. 



144- 


ii. 




iii. 




iv. 




V. 




vi. 




vii. 


145- 


viii 




ix. 


1453 


. X. 



84 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

66 

Jesse* (John,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
at Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 21, 1728; married May 9, 1750, 
Mary Johnson. 

He died Aug. 12, 1791, bequeathing his estate to his wife; 
sons John, Jesse, and James; daughters Ehzabcth, Sylvia, 
Hannah, and Eleanor, and the heirs of daughter Sarah; wife 
and brother, John Hull, executors. 

Children : 

Mary,' b. Feb. 28, 1751. 

John, b. June 26, 1752. 

James, b. April 2, 1754; d. in infancy. 

Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1757; m. and d. before her father. 

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1759; m. Jared Benham. 

Nancy, b. Dec. 10, 1761; m. Samuel Crane. 

Hannah, b. Nov. 24, 1763; m. David Miller. 

Jesse, b. Dec. 23, 1765. 

Eleanor, b. May 19, 1770; m. Joel Mix. 

James Johnson, b. June 20, 1772. 

67 

Burrage'' (John,'' John,'' William,^ Joseph,' William''), 
born Oct. 27, 1739; married Sept. 12, 1765, Hannah Rice. 
He graduated at Yale College in 1762; was received into the 
Meriden church June 25, 1763; ordained pastor at Rocky 
Hill, Conn., in 1765, and continued in office till his death 
(at Stepney, Conn.), Nov. 30, 1776. His widow died Jan. 
29, 1816. 

Children : 

146. i. Asahel,' b. Oct. 27, 1771. 

ii. Burrage, b. Sept. 22, 1773; d. Dec. 11, 1776. 

68 

William* {William,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born Feb. 12, 1728; married first. May 29, 1751, Phebe 
Ives, who died Feb. 23, 1753; he married second, Sept. 24, 
1755, Mary Austin, born April 17, 1733; died in 181 2. Her 
father, John Austin, died at the home of Amasa in 1803, 
aged 98 years; had lived with his wife 73 years. 



SIXTH GENERATION 85 

William resided in Meriden, Conn., then part of Walling- 
ford. He died Sept. 19, 1791 ; and his widow, Mary, ad- 
ministered on his estate, Nov. 9, 1792. 

Children : 

i. Phcebe,' b. May 29, 1756; m. Feb. i, 1781, David Yale. 

147. ii. Amasa, b. Sept. 27, 1757. 

148. iii. Asaph, b. March 14, 1759. 

iv. Chloe, b. July 12, 1761; m. Elisha Meriman. 

V. Esther, b. July 7, 1763; m. Aaron Merriam, No. 135. 

vi. Joel, b. June 20, 1766. 

150. vii. William, b. June 8, 1768. 

69 

Thomas" {William,^ John," William, ^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Meriden, in Wallingford, Conn., Oct. 20, 1731 ; mar- 
ried first, Jan. 22, 1756, .Ann Moss. She died Jan. 15, 1782. 
He married second, July 10, 1783, Sarah Parker, who died 
Oct. 15, 1796. He married third, Ruth Atwater Miles, born 
June 6, 1740, died April 6, 1827. He resided soine years 
at Watertown, Conn. ; removed to Wallingford (Meriden), 
Conn., where he died April i, 181 1. His will, dated Aug. 
14, 1809, was presented for probate by his " son," Asahel, 
then of Harpersfield, N.Y., April 8, i8n ; devised his estate 
to his wife and children. 

Children : 

151. i. Joel, b. Feb. 10, 1759. 

ii. Ruth, 1). July 19, 1762; m. Timothy Cowles. 

152. iii. Thomas, b. .April 17, 1766. 

iv. Anna, b. June 6, 1768; m. Ebenezer Annible, Esq. 

153. V. Reul)en. b. Oct. 17, 1771. 

154. vi. .Asahel, b. Nov. 25, 1773. 

vii. F-liz.ibeth, b. March 2, 1778; d. in infancy. 

viii. Elizabeth, b. Marcii 13, 1780; m. Asahel Merriam (No. 163). 

ix. Levi Morse, b. Jan. 9, 1782; d. in 1784. 

70 

John" {William,^ Johu* William,' Joseph,' William'), 
born at Meriden, Conn., May 10, 1740; married first, Han- 
nah, daughter of Thomas Fenn. She died May 20, 181 7, 
at Harpersfield, aged 74. 

He removed to Harpersfield, N.Y. 

He died July 30, 181 3 



1 



86 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Abel,' b. June 26, and d. Oct. 13, 1765. 

ii. Hannah, b. June 12, 1767. 

iii. Rachel, b. April 15, 1770; d. Aug. 25, 1771. 

iv. Lois, b. Sept. 2, 1772. 

155- V. John, b. Aug. 22, 1774. 

156. vi. Peter, b. Nov. 2, 1777. 

157. vii. Oliver, b. Aug. 16, 1779. 
viii. Parthenia, b. Nov. 5, 1781. 



71 

AsAHEL*^ (William,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 21, 1745; married there 
Dec. 4, 1777, Mary Atwater. 



72 

Benjamin * (Joseph,^ John," William,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at WaUingford, Conn., Dec. 24, 1730; died Feb. 14, 
1807; married first, Dec. 19, 1753, Mary, daughter of Ephraim 
Berry, who was born in 1733, and died March 14, 1772. He 
married second, Esther Todd. 

He and his wife Mary were received into the church of 
Meriden, Conn., July 7, 1765; and they resided there. 

Children : 

i. Rachel,' b. Nov. 27, 1755. 

159. ii. Ephraim, b. July 31, 1758. 

160. iii. Aaron, b. June 9, 1762. 

iv. Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1766; m. Dec. 10, 1798, Ezekiel Rice. 

161. v. Benjamin, b. April 22, 1770. 



73 

Joseph * {Joseph,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), 
born Nov. 20, 1732; married first, Nov. 15, 1759, Sarah Aus- 
tin, born Nov. 22, 1734, died April 14, 1767. He married 
second, Dec. 29, 1767, Mindwell Rice. He resided at Wal- 
lingford, Conn. 



SIXTH GENERATION 87 



Children : 



i. Eunice,' b. Dec. 20, 1760; m. Josiah Hills. 

ii. Lucy, b. Sept. 6, 1762; m. Isaac Atwater. 

iii. Sarah, b. March 18, 1764; d. March 3, 1765. 

iv. Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1768; m. Solomon Yale; d. Nov. 21, 1842. 

162. V. Joseph, b. July 16, 1770. 

vi. Ira, b. June 15, 1772; d. Aug. 25, 1774. 

vii. Ira, b. 1774; d. at the age of 21. 

viii. Deborah, b. Oct. 23, 1776; m. Miles Hull. 

163. i.\. Asahel, b. Oct. 21, 1778. 

X. Susanna, b. 1781; m. Har\'ey Parsons. 

xi. Mindwell, b. Jan. 14, 1783; m. Sept. i, 1803, Lyman Rice. 



74 

Isaac* [Joseph,' John* William,' Joseph,' William'), 
born at Mcridcn in Wallingford, Conn., March 27, 1737; 
married Feb. 21, 1760, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Edward 
Scovill. She (Hed March 26, 1821, aged 81 years. 

He resided at Waterbury, Conn., the part which was later 
set off as Watertown. He was an ensign in Capt. Jesse 
Curtis's company in the Revolutionary army. They served 
at Peckskill, April 5 to 20, 1777. In January, 1778, he was 
a meml:)er of the committee ap[K)inted by the town to pro- 
vide clothing for the soldiers. 

" Capt. Isaac Merriam " died April 25, 1825. [Wat. 
records.] 

Children : 

164. i. J()se[)h Scovill,' b. May 5, 1761. 

165. ii. James, b. Aug. 25, 1763. 

iii. David, b. Aug. 30, 1766; d. Jan. 3, 1774. 

iv. Elijah, b. July 13, 1769; d. Jan. 8, 1774. 

166. V. Isaac, Jr., b. Feb. 29, 1772. 

167. vi. David Rice, b. June 8, 1774. 

168. vii. Elijah, b. March 3, 1776. 



Samuel" (Joseph,' John,* William,' Joseph,' William'), 
born at Wallingford (Meriden), Conn., Oct. 17, 1741; niar- 
ried Huldah Beckwith. 



88 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



Children : 



i. Amy,' b. April 7, 1771. 

ii. Reynolds. 

iii. Silas, b. Sept. 8, 1780. 



76 



Makshall* {Joseph,^ John* William f Joseph' William^), 
born at Meriden, in Wallingford, Conn., June 21, 1749; 
married first, Mary, daughter of Stephen and EHzabeth (Yale) 
Atwater, born June 25, 1750, died Feb. 20, 1780. He mar- 
ried second, October, 1780, Mrs. Mary Dowd, who died in 
Champion, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1813. He resided in Walling- 
ford, Conn., some time; removed to Champion, N.Y., and 
later to La Grange, O. ; was a shoemaker, a genial man, 
and a fine singer. 

He died at La Grange, Dec. 6, 1839, aged 90 years, 5 months, 
and 15 days. 

Children : 

i. Molly,' b. Sept. 3, 1781; m. May 21, 1803, David Young; 
res. at Pittsfield, O. " They lived to be about ninety years 
old. A daughter, Mary Merriam Young Wharton, res. at 
Oberlin, O., in i88i." 

170. ii. Daniel Dowd, b. May 21, 1783. 

171. iii. Sylvester, b. Sept. 12, 1785. 



77 

Christopher* {Joseph,^ John* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 31, 1751; married 
first, May 28, 1778, Rebecca Guernsey. She died June 8, 
1794. He married second, a wife whose name has not come 
to us, who died (as per record), April 23, 1828, aged 74. 

He resided in Waterbury, Conn. ; was a soldier in the Rev- 
olutionary army. [Hist. Wat.] 

He died April 26, 1837. 

Children : 

172. i. Allyn (Allen),' b. July i, 1779. 

ii. Rebecca, b. April 18, 1787; m. Joel Hungerford. 



SIXTH GENERATION 89 

80 

WiLLARD* {Joliii,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Littleton, Sept. 6, 1723; married first, in Concord, 
April II, 1749, Sarah Hartwell, of Concord, who died April 
23, 1 785, aged 59 years, 5 months. He married second, Martha, 
daughter of Solomon and Elizalxth (Hill) Phipps. She died 
Oct. 24, 1793, in her si.xtieth year. He married third, March 
29, 1794, Elizalx-th (sister of Martha) Phipps. 

He was one of the men who marched from Littleton on the 
Concord alarm, April 19, 1775. He sold land in L. in i8cx>. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,' b. Jan. 17, 1750; d. July 2, 1764. 

ii. Daniel, b. May 5, 175 1. 

iii. Molly, b. Aug. 24, 1758; d. June 30, 1764. 



81 

John' {John,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Littleton, Nov. 5, 1725; married March 11, 1755, Hannah, 
daughter of Col. Josiah Goldsmith, of Littleton. 

He removed to Walpolc, N. H., Ixjught 50 acres of land, 
cleared a portion, and built a house. The homestead was 
in the hands of descendants more than a centurv. [See Hist. 
Walpole.] 



Children : 



74- 


ii. 




iii. 


75- 


iv. 




V. 


76. 


vi. 



Hannah,' b. Oct. i8, 1755; m. Dyer Wilco.x. 

Ji)hn, b. Feb. 28, 1757. 

Lydia, b. Dec. 26, 1758; m. Thos. Messer. 

Richard, b. June 14, 1763. 

Mary, b. April 11, 1767; d. July 13, 1770. 

Daniel, b. Aug. 2, 1769. 



82 

Benjamin* {Benjamin, ' John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), 
born in Lexington, June 8, 1737; married Feb. 28, 1762, 
Ginger Porter. She died March 7, 181 7, aged 76. He was 
a farmer; resided in Lexington; died in Pelham, Feb. i, 1806. 



90 MERRIAM^GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i8o. i. Rufus,' b. Oct. 28, 1762. 

ii. Benjamin, b. March 23, 1764; a cabinet maker; d. unm. 
March 22, 1817. 

iii. Edith, b. Aug. 20, 1765; m. Feb. 5, 1787, Stephen Winship. 

iv. Mary (Molly), b. July 5, 1767; m. Dec. 16, 1788, Abiel Abbott, 
of Lincoln. 

V. Anna, b. June 10, 1769; m. Oct. 26, 1797, Thomas J. Cald- 
well, who removed to Manchester, N. H. 

vi. George, b. Aug. 7, 1771; went into business in Boston; after- 
ward went to Kentucky, thence to Natchez, Miss., where 
he died. 

vii. Rebekah, b. June 19, 1773; d. unm. March 10, 1835. 

viii. Tryphena, b. Feb. 25, 1775; m. at Lincoln, Feb. 28, 1805, 
Job Brooks, " of Farmington." 

i.\. Phila, b. April 23, 1777; d. Aug. 5, 1778. 

X. Nathan, b. Oct. 3, 1780; went to Louisiana, where he was 
sheriff, judge, president of senate. 

.\i. William [said to have m. Nov. 30, 1809, Esther Wetherbee, 
and to have been a trader in Cambridgeport.] 



83 

John* {Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born 
in Lexington, July 28, 1729; married at Lynn, Nov. 24, 
1752, Mary Bancroft. She died at East Sudbury, Oct. 15, 
1815. 

He died at East Sudbury, Aug. 12, 1798. 

Children born at Sudbury: 

i. Abigail,' b. Nov. 10, 1755; m. Nov. 15, 1778, Joseph Eustis, 

of Boston, 
ii. Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1757; d. unm. Jan. 12, 1780. 
iii. Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1759; " m. Joseph Shurtleff"; she d. 

Sept. 10, 1813. 

185. iv. John, b. Dec. 9, 1761. 

186. v. Lot, b. Dec. 16, 1763. 

187. vi. Elisha, b. Oct. 19, 1765. 

188. vii. James, b. May 9, 1769. 

189. viii. William, b. Sept. 8, 1773. 

84 

Jonas'* {Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born 
in Lexington, 1730; married first, November, 1758, Me- 
hitabel, daughter of Francis and Mehitabel (Coney) Fox- 



SIXTH GENERATION 91 

croft, of Cambridge, born Aug. 19, 1723. She died in New- 
ton, April 22, 1770. He married second (intention, May 
5, 1771), Jerusha Fitch, of Brookline, who died Jan. 21, 
1775. He married third (intention, April 12, 1777), Sarah, 
daughter of Peter Chardon, of Boston. 

He was graduated at Harvard College in 1753; received 
the degree of A.M. in 1757; was ordained pastor at Newton, 
March 22, 1758, and died Aug. 3, 1780, after a pastorate of 
22 years. "He was reputed a scholar of considerable talents; 
was mild and charitable; studied peace all his life." Bought 
a slave who was brought into his household by Mrs. Fitch, 
his mother-in-law, and set her free, though she chose to live 
with him till his death. 

A monument was erected to his memory in Newton. 

Children : 

i. Mehitabel,' b. June 5, 1760; m. (int. Aug. 6, 1780) John Ken- 

drick, of Boston, 
ii. Nathaniel, d. in Newton in April, 1777. 

85 

William'' (Jouas,^ John* Joseph > Joseph,^ William'), 
born in ].e.\ington, bajUi/x-d Dec. 17, 1732; married in Con- 
cord, June 21, 1770, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Mary 
Puffer. They resided in Harvard in 1778, when they sold 
land in Lexington and Waltham. He died at Harvard, April 
3, 1782. He bequeathed his estate to his wife Sarah and 
children, testowing a double portion on his eldest son; pro- 
vided for the support of his wife's j)arents as he had engaged 
to do, Jan. 19, 1778, when they deeded their homestead to 
him. The widow married second, Jan. 2, 1787, Silas Park- 
hurst, who joined with her, April 28, 1792, in releasing a mort- 
gage which her former husband had held. 



Children : 



190. 


'• 


191. 


ii. 


192. 


iii. 


193- 


iv. 




V. 




vi. 




vii, 



William,' b. March 23, bapt. 24, 1771. 
Jonathan, b. Aug. 25, bapt. 30, 1772. 
Jonas, b. Nov. 6, 1773. 
Abel, b. March 13, bapt. 19, 1775. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 14, bapt. 18, 1776. 
Phebe, b. in 1778. [Probate papers.] 
Asenah, b. in 1781. do. 



92 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

86 

Abraham'' {Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), 
born in Lexington, Dec. 28, 1734. He (Abraham, of Concord) 
married April 22, 1756, Sarah Simonds, of Lexington. 

They were admitted to the church. May 6, 1757, afterward 
moved to Woburn, where their three youngest children were 
born. He afterward removed to Mason, N. H. ; resided at 
the corner of the road to Wilton. He died Nov. 26, 1797. 

Children : 

194. i. Abraham,' b. May 19, bapt. May 29, 1757. 

195. ii. Ezra, b. Jan. 15, bapt. Jan. 20, 1760. 

196. iii. Silas, b. Feb. 6, bapt. Feb. 7, 1762. 
iv. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1766. 

197. V. Zadock, bapt. July 28, i776[o?]. 

vi. Jonas, b. July 31, 1769; d. Sept. 16, 1772. 
vii. Abigail, b. May 13, bapt. June 2, 1771. 

87 

Silas '' {Joiias,^ John,^ Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William^), born 
in Lexington, March 5, 1737, baptized next day; married 
first, at Middleton, Feb. 25, 1766, Abigail Deal. He married 
second, about 1775, Lydia Peabody. She died July 5, 1832, 
aged 83 years. 

He was a physician. He quitclaimed all his rights in the 
estate of Daniel Simonds in Lexington, Dec. 8, 1773. He 
died in Middleton, Jan. 25, 1812. 

Children : 

i. Abigail,' b. Jan. 26, 1767; m. Dec. 16, 1792, Benjamin Fuller- 

198. ii. Silas, b. July 3, 1769. 

iii. John, b. Dec. 11, 1771; d. soon. 

R 1 ' - l '''■ ^"^^^ ^5' 1772; both died soon, 
vi. Lydia, b. May 28, 1776; d. Oct. 9, 1797. 
vii. Rebecca, b. Dec. 28, 1777; m. Feb. 4, 1798, Lieut. Elias Wilkins. 

199. viii. Andrew, b. March 24, 1780. 

ix. Fanny, b. Dec. 14, 1781; m. June 11, 1807, Simon Mudge. 

-x. Jonas, b. March 5, 1783; d. unm. Dec. 5, 1866. 

xi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1784; m. June 10, 1804, Jesse Putnam, 

of Danvers; she lived to the great age of 102 years, 10 mos., 

6 days, 
xii. Sarah, b. Nov. 3, 1788; d. in Danvers, unm. March 18, 1864. 
xiii. Catherine, b. April i, 1790; m. March, 1836, Capt. Stephen 

Wilkins, of Danvers; d. in 1875. 



SIXTH GENERATION 93 

88 

James '^' {Jaiias,^ John* Joseph-" Joseph,'' William'), born 
in Lexington, April lo, 1739, baptized next day; married 
in Lincoln, Feb. 16, 1764, Mary Cutler. She died March 
22, 1827, aged 95. 

He removed to Lincoln. He died Feb. 21, 1816. 



Child 



Man' (Molly),' b. April 8, 1764; became a school-teacher; 
opened the first school in Cambridgeport in 1800, with 12 
pupils only at the first session; taught in the schools of the 
place more than 30 years. She d. Nov. 28, 1852, being the 
oldest resident but one in the citv. 



89 

Ebenezer" (Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,'' Joseph,' Willianr), 
born in Oxford, March 28, 1734; married (int. Aj)ril, 1752) Phebe 
Locke, sister of his father's second wife. Resided on the 
homestead of his father; was a brickmaker. He died July 
16, 1795. His widow died Oct. 27, 1802, aged 71 years, 6 
months. 

Children : 

i. Mary,' b. Oct. 5, 1753; m. Reuben Eddy. 

201. ii. Je.sse, b. June 4, 1755. 

iii. Phebe, b. .Sept. 11, 1759 (m. Jonathan Pratt?). 

iv. Rachel, March 7, 1762; m. Joel Clark; res. Shelburne. 

202. V. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 4, 1764. 

vi. Esther, b. May 10, 1767; d. Nov. 24, 1790. 

203. vii. William, b. April 7, 1769. 

viii. Rhoda, b. May 19, 1771; d. Oct. 5, 1795. 

204. i.\. Joel, b. April 9, 1775. 

X. Abigail, b. April i, 1777; m. Wilkins, son of Dr. Isaac Burnet; 
settled and d. at Dummerston, Vt. 



•)0 

JoTHAM* (Ebenezer,' John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born in Lexington, Aug. 15, 1749; married first, July 8, 
1777, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Burnap. 

He planned to reside at Warwick; bought land there in 
1771, and remained till 1777, when he returned to his father's 



205- 
206. 


IV. 
V. 




vi. 




vii. 


207. 


viii 



94 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

homestead in the Country Gore (Oxford). He died Aug. 
22, 1798. The widow married second, Jan. 26, 1809, Col. 
Samuel Denny, of Leicester. She died Dec. 26, 181 5. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,' b. June 16, 1778; m. Dec. 7, 1800, her cousin, Joel 

Merriam (No. 204). 
ii. Ephraim, b. March 12, 1780; d. unm. at Mercer, Me., July 

3, iSiS. 
iii. Anna, b. Jan. 23, 1782; m. May 27, 1801, James Merriam, 
Jr., of Ward (No. 211). 
Jotham, b. April g, 1784. 
Reuben, b. Dec. 31, 1785. 

Lucy, b. Jan. 15, 1788; m. June ig, 1814, Bradford Hudson. 
Abijah, b. March 25, i7go; d. unm. at Spencer, Feb. 3, 1816. 
Silas, b. Feb. 5, i7g2. 



91 

Ephraim* (Ebenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William'), 
born in Lexington, July 8, 1755; married at Oxford, April 
10, 1775, Ruth Gleason. She survived him, and married 
second, March 6, 1779, Sampson Marvin. 

He resided in the Country Gore in Oxford. 

He died about 1777. 

Child : 

Zeruiah,' b. May 25, 1776; d. about 1806. 



92 

Joshua* {Joshua,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Oxford, Aug. 18, 1734; married, first, Jan. 2, 1759, 
Abigail, daughter of Samuel Eddy. She died Nov. 28, 1768, 
in her 28th year. He married second, Nov. 14, 1769, Mrs. 
Hannah Lowell. She died Oct. 10, 1799, aged 71 years. He 
married third, March 2, 1802, Anna Stockwell, of Sutton. 

Children : 

2og. i. Jonathan,' b. March 4, 1760. 

ii. Abigail, b. July 18, 1761 ; m. (i) Nov. 15, 1787, William Forbes; 
she m. (2) John Plummer, of Thompson, Ct. ; she m. (3) 
Josiah Prentice. 



SIXTH GENERATION 95 

iii. Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1765; m. March 30, 1791, Jonathan Nich- 
ols, son of John Nichols, of Charlton. 
Child : Thomas Nichols, became a captain. 
210. iv. John, b. Nov. 6, 1768. 



93 

James* {Joshua,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), 
born in Oxford, Nov. 30, 1747; married May 25, 1774, Eunice, 
daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Putnam) Lovell, of vSut- 
ton, now Milbury. 

He settled on the homestead; was a prominent citizen; 
clerk of the Second Militia Company in 1779. He was a mem- 
ber of the " Oxford Theft Detective Society," formed in 1791. 

Whether he actually served in the Revolutionary army 
or not, he certainly paid commutation once, and sent a sub- 
stitute at another time, as is shown by the following docu- 
ments, reproduced by Mr. Rufus Nichols Meriam (pages 
48, 49). 

0.xford Sept. the 23 1777 this may sartify that I have Kec d. I5y the 
of Sert. James Meriam fifteen Pound as a fine for Refusin to go into 
the Contanicl Sarvis in the Room & Steed of his father 
Reed by me 

John Town cap 

Oxford Aug 29th 1 78 1 Then Reed of Mr James Meriam Ninety Pounds 
in Stock and Money in full for a Negro Man to go into the army and this 
is to Discharge him from all Demands I have on Sd Meriam and Clap 
as Witness my hand 

Edwd R. Campbell 

He died Feb. 7, 1804. His widow died July 14, 1830, aged 
78 years, 9 months, i day. 

Children : 

211. i, James,' h. Feb. 15, 1775. 

ii. Mary, b. July 20, 1776; d. Oct. 12, 1793. 

iii. Eunice, b. Dec. 23, 1780; m. March 12, 1801, her cousin, 

Ezra Gleason, of Ward; she d. in 1805. 
iv. Mercy, b. March 11, 1783; m. May 29, 1806, Ezra Gleason. 

she d. in 1808. 

212. V. Thomas, b. March 21, 1785. 

vi. Susanna, b. Jan. 2, 1787; d. unm. in 181 1. 



96 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

213. vii. Samuel, b. Aug. 5, 1789. 

viii. Nancy, b. Dec. 30, 1791; d. unm. Nov. 5, 1822; "of lovely 
character and unusual mental endowments; active in the 
Sunday School and Missionary Society movements." 

Asa* (Joshua,'- John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
at Oxford, Oct. 21, 1754; married (intention, April 18, 1778) 
Mary, daughter of Luke and Lydia Lincoln, of I>eicester, 
born in 1755, died April 27, 1815. He became a distinguished 
physician at New Salem. He died May 7, 1795. 

Children : 

i. Betsey,' b. Aug. 28, 1778; m. Nov. 4, 1802, Rev. Mr. Tobey, 

of Wilmington, Vt. 
ii. Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1780; d. unm. June 18, 1815. 

214. iii. Joshua Lincoln, b. April 6, 1783. 

iv. Pamela, b. Feb. 7, 1785; d. May 9, 1805. 

V. Lydia, b. Sept. 3, 1787; m. Walter Spooner, of Hartland, Vt.; 

she d. Aug. 28, 1829. 
vi. Harriet, b. Aug. 17, 1791; m. Seth C. Schenck, of Savannah, 

Ga.; d. Jan. 7, 1831. 
vii. Augusta Marion, b. Oct. 15, 1794; d. Sept. 23, 1820. 

95 

Amos* (Amos,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Lexington, Aug. 24, bapt. 26, 1739; married first, Ehza- 
beth ; married second, Sukey . 

Resided at Leominster and Winchendon. 

Children : 

215. i. Amos,' b. June 2, 1768. 

216. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 4, 1770. 

iii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1772; d. Aug. 28, 1775. 

iv. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 11, 1776; d. July 30, 1808. 

217. V. Luther, b. June i, 1779. 
vi. Sukey, b. Feb. 13, 1790. 



96 

Levi* (Amos,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), bom 
in Lexington, Feb. 3, 1756; married Abigail Fife, who died 
Feb. 16, 1832, aged 76. 



SIXTH GENERATION »( 

He removed to Berlin. 

He made his will Nov. 4, 1809; proved May 19, 1812; 
bequeathed his estate to his wife and children, mentioning 
them by name, and the husbands of those who were married. 

Children : 

i. Abigail,' b. May 21, 1779; m. Samuel Jones. 

218. ii. Levi, b. Aug. 8, 1781. 

iii. Sally, b. June 25, 1783; m. William Jones, 
iv. Hannah, b. March 18, 1785; m. Joseph Park. 

219. V. Jonathan Danforth, b. Oct. 8, 1789. 

vi. billy, b. Oct. 18, 1793; m. Samuel Carter, 
vii. Merrick, b. Aug. 9, 1796; d. Oct. 19, 1797. 

98 

Robert" {Joseph,^ Robert,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Lexington, bai)ti/x'd June 11, 1738; married Miriam 
, who died .Aug. 10, 1808, aged 66. 

He removed to Pittsfield from New Marlborough, and 
bought land, March 26, 1761; afterward returned to New 
Marlborough. He was at Ticonderoga as a soldier. [Pitts- 
field record.] He died May i, 1782. 

His estate was settled June i, 1784, the real estate IxMng 
assigned to his son Nathan, who paid the other heirs May 
5, 1801. 

Children : 

i. Joseph,' b. March 11, 1763; d. Nov. 9, 1777. 

ii. Azubah, b. Feb. 17, 1765; d. unm. Oct. 20, 1814. 

iii. He/.ekiah, b. Nov. 20, 1767; d. unm. Jan. 6, 1814. 

iv. Solomon, b. March 20, d. May 9, 1771. 

220. V. Robert, b. March 29, 1772. 

vi. Rufus, b. April 6, 1774; d. unm. Aug. 16, 1808. 

221. vii. Nathan, b. Nov. 25, 1775. 

222. viii. Joseph, b. Sc])t. 18, 1782. 



Hezekiah* (Hezekiah,^ Robert,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in O.xford, June 15, 1733; married April 3, 
1755, Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Mary Claflin, born at 
Dudley, April 10, 1735. He was a physician; died Sept. 
2, 1759, and the widow married second, Jan. 13, 1763, John 
Crowl, of Leicester. 



98 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



Children : 

i. Eleanor,' b. Feb. 14, 1756. 
ii. Perley, b. Dec. 13, 1757. 
iii. Hezekiah, b. Feb. 6, 1760. 



100 

Samuel* (Thomas,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), 
born in Lexington, Dec. 21, 1723; married June 4, 1752, 
Hannah (Anna), daughter of David and Rebecca Whitney. 
They were admitted to the church, April 11, 1756, and dis- 
missed, Sept. 6, 1772, to the church in Westminster, to which 
they had removed. 

They sold their Lexington lands, Oct. 8, 1771. 

The wife died in 1802. He died in 1804. 

Children : 

i. Anna,' b. Oct. 10, bapt. Oct. 14, 1753; m. Samuel Warren, 
ii. Eunice, b. June 22, bapt. July 6, 1755; m. Dec. 16, 1784, 
John Fessenden. 

224. iii. Samuel, b. March 25, bapt. March 27, 1757. 

iv. Ruth, b. Feb. 20, bapt. Feb. 25, 1759; m. Richard Graves, Jr. 

V. Tabitha, b. Dec. 23, bapt. Dec. 28, 1760; m. Thomas Johnson. 

225. vi. Nathan, b. April 26, bapt. April 29, 1764. 

226. vii. Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, bapt. Feb. 27, 1767. 

101 

Nathan* {Thomas,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), 
born at Lexington, April 9, bapt. 11, 1725; married March 
26, 1755, Mary, daughter of Stephen and Melicent Hosmer, 
of Concord. 

He resided in Westminster (Narragansett, No. 2) in 1751; 
died within a year after marriage, leaving no children. The 
widow married second, Feb. i, 1759, Samuel Wyman, of 
Cambridge. 

His mother and brothers and sisters (Jonas Merriam acting for David 
and Elizabeth as their guardian) made a settlement with the widow Mary, 
Oct. 6, 1756, by which she kept the personal estate she had " carried with 
her at the time of her marriage, or the full value thereof," and she gave up 
to them her right of dower in her husband's other estate. 



SIXTH GENERATION 99 

102 

Thomas* (Tltamas,^ Thomas,^ Joseph > Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Lexington, April 24, baptized May 2, 1731; 
married at Lancaster, Nov. 24, 1762, Sarah, daughter of 
Joshua and Sarah (Keyes) Wilder. 

Was a shoemaker and farmer at Westminster from 1751. 
He died Dec. 20, 1821. The wife died Aug. 13, 1819, aged 80. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,' b. Oct. 2, 1763; m. Isaac Puffer; res. Leyden, N.Y.; 
7 children. 

227. ii. Jonas, b. Nov. 21, 1765. 

iii. Tabitha, b. Nov. 20, 1767; d. Sept. 19, 1769. 
iv. Tabitha, b. Feb. 22, 1770; d. in infancy. 

228. V. Asa, b. May 8, 1772. 

103 

David '' (Thomas,'' Thomas,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), 
born at Lexington in 1736; married Niartha Conant, of Con- 
cord. 

Resided in Westminster and Hubbardston ; died Nov. 
23, 1824. 

Children : 

i. Lydia,' b. Nov. 30, 1770; d. unni. .\ov. 30, 1855. 

ii. Azuba, b. June 15, 1772; m. Jonathan Stone, 

iii. Molly, b. Feb. 5, 1779; m. Willard Stone, 

iv. Patty, b. May 23, 1783; m. Benj. Slocum. 

vi. Sall'y, ' [ ^- ^^^-3', 1787; j d. unm. 

104 

Nathaniel* (A^alhaniel,' Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Lexington, .\]'ril 16, 1737, baptized next 
day; married Lucy ■ — . 

He died in Bo.ston, Oct. 18, 1810, aged 73. [Columbian 
Centlnel.] 

tore 

Children : 

229. i. Nathaniel, b. Feb. i, 1768. 
ii. John. 

230. iii. Benjamin, b. June 5, 1771. 



100 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

iv. Lucy, b. ; m. John Leitner. 

231. V. Abijah, b. in Brookline in 1777. 

vi. Hannah, b. ; d. unm. 

vii. Isaac, d. young. 

105 

Simon* {Nathaniel,^ Thomas," Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), 
born at Lexington, June 3, baptized 11, 1749; removed to 
Bolton; married at Harvard (where he had spent his youth), 
April 8, 1779, Phebe Lock. 

100 

Isaac'' (Isaac,'' Thomas,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Concord, Sept. 2, 1736; married first, April 10, 1759 
(family record), Eleanor Munroe, of Lexington. She died 
in Concord, July 19, 1767. He married second, Dec. 2, 1768, 
Rebecca, daughter of Gershom Davis, of Acton. She died 
at Brandon, Vt., April 20, 181 2. 

He was a feltmaker and hatter; sold his land and shop in 
Concord, Dec. 4, 1771, and removed to Ashburnham; was 
prominent in town affairs, selectman, etc.; was hving at 
Concord again in 1790. In 1793 he removed to Groton, 
N. H., and afterward to Brandon, Vt., where he died Dec. 
I, 1825. 

Children : 

233. i. David,' b. Jan. 28, 1760. 

234. ii. Isaac, b. Jan. 29, 1762. 

235. iii. Jonathan, b. July 6, 1764. 

236. iv. Benjamin, b. July 9, 1767. 
V. Rebecca, b. Nov. 12, 177 1. 

237. vi. Joshua, b. Nov. 11, 1775. 

238. vii. Jonas Davis, b. April 25, 1780. 

107 

John'' (John,^ John,'' John,^ Joseph,' William'), born at 
Littleton, June 30, 1729; married at Concord, Sept. 11, 
1755, Sarah Jones. He was a blacksmith; resided at Con- 
cord; died July 27, 1775. David Wheeler was appointed 
guardian of John and Jonas, Aug. 15, 1777. His widow 
died Nov. 3, 1793, aged 63. 



SIXTH GENERATION 101 



Children : 








i. 


Sarah; 1, 


1. Nov. 21 


5. 1756. 




240. ii. 


John, b. 


.Aug. 10, 


1758. 




iii. 


Abigail, 1 


b. Sept. ] 


1, 1761. 




241. iv. 


Jonas, b. 


Jan. 27, 


1764. 




V. 


Lydia, b. 


Jan. 19, 


1766. 




vi. 


Mar)', d. 


Feb. 2, 


1794, ae. 


24 



lOS 

John'' (John,' Nathaniel,' John,^ Joseph," William'), 
born in Bedford, Feb. 13, 1735; married Dec. 4, 1760, Han- 
nah Brooks, of Lincohi. She gave a silver cup to the church. 
"She died June 8, 1829." [W. S. A.] He died — " Lt. 
John Meriam " — Dec. 26, 1794, in his si.xtieth year. His 
estate was divided to his widow Hannah, his son John Meriam, 
of Bedford, and his daughter Hannah, wife of John Reed 
of the same, Sept. 21, 1795. 

Children : 

i. Rebeiiah," b. July 23, 1762; d. Oct. 10, 1765. 
ii. Hannah, b. .Xpril 4, 1764; m. Dec. i, 1785, John Reed, Jr. 
iii. Rebekah, b. March 5, 1766; d. unm. March 2, 1790. 
242. iv. John, b. Aug. 28, 1774. 

KM) 

WiLi.i.\M " {John,' Nathaniel,* John,^ Joseph," William'), 
born at Bedford, Aug. 25, 1750; married first, Nov. 30, 1769, 
Esther Bellamy, born June 9, 1751; she died in childbed 
March 17, 1785. He married second, March 28, 1786, Mrs. 
Rebekah (How) Fiske, of Le.xington. She administered with 
Mr. Merriam on the estate of her former husband, Benja- 
min Fiske; sold land in 1788. 

William Merriam of Bedford, gentleman, with wife Rebekah, sold their 
rights in land jxirtly in Holden and partly in Pa.xton, which was the dower 
set otT to Elizabeth How alias Barrett from the estate of Israel How, de- 
ceased, Oct. 12, 1796. Rebekah died Oct. 8, 1845, x. 97 years. 

William fitted for college, and took part of the course at 
Brown University; was town clerk, selectman, deacon, and 
lieutenant, — a very efficient man until the breaking down 
of his health about 1810. 



102 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Esther,' b. Nov. i, 177 1; m. Feb. 14, 1792, John Page, 
ii. William Bellamy, b. Aug. 5, 1776; d. Sept. 7, 1778. 

243. iii. William Bellamy, b. Feb. 2, 1779. 

iv. Josephus, b. March 11, 1781; d. Aug. 25, 1783. 

244. V. Josephus, b. March 10, 1785. 

vi. Rebecca, b. Nov. 23, 1786; m. July 10, 1804, Dr. Cyrus Fay. 

vii. Anna Page, b. May 2, 1790; m. George Hindman. 

viii. Louisa How, b. Oct. 2, 1792; d. of canker rash July 2, 1799. 

110 

Joseph'' {Joseph,^ Joseph," John? Joseph," William^), 
born in Grafton, Sept. 19, 1734; married in 1762, Sally Wads- 
worth, born in 1742, died Dec. 25, 1828. 

He was a worthy man, a deacon of the church, honored 
and respected. Had excellent health and full mental vigor 
till almost 80 years of age. He met with a fatal accident, 
falling from his cart as he was driving home from mill, July 
2, 18 14. "A pile of stones by the roadside marked the scene 
of the accident for many years." 

Children : 

i. Hannah P.,' b. Aug. 14, 1765; d. in 1792. 
ii. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1767; m. James Whipple. 

245. iii. Joseph, b. June 7, 1771. 

iv. John, b. May 27, 1775; d. Sept. 10, 1777. 

246. V. John H., b. Aug. 4, 1777. 

vi. Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1782; m. (i) Elijah Case; m. (2) Charles 

Prentice, 
vii. Lucy, b. Dec. 22, 1786; m. William Elijah Green. 

Child: Lucy Merriam Green, for many years principal and 

proprietor of a Young Ladies' Boarding School in New York 

City. 

Ill 

Timothy^ {Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William^), 
born in Grafton, Dec. 20, 1746; married June 21, 1775, 
Sally Putnam, born Aug. 14, 1753; died July 30, 1835. He 
died Dec. 11, 1829. 

Children : 

i. Elizabeth,' b. Dec. 10, 1776; d. June 19, 1782. 

ii. Priscilla, b. March 12, 1779; m. Joseph Prentice, 

iii. Sally P., b. April 29, 1781. 

247. iv. Timothy, b. Sept. 27, 1783. 



J 



SIXTH GENERATION 103 

248. V. Tarrant, b. May 31, 1786. 

vi. Polly C, b. March 18, 1789; m. Nathaniel Adams. 

vii. Betsey, b. April 18, 1791; m. as his third wife, Tarrant P. 
Merriam, of Concord; d. in Grafton in 185 1. 

viii. Heulah, b. May 24, 1794. 
250. ix. Joseph, b. Oct. 15, 1797. 



IVi 

John* (Samuel,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in Concord, Jan. 12, 1754; married first, Martha, daughter 
of Deacon Tarrant and Priscilla (Baker) Putnam, of Dan- 
vers and Sutton. She died Jan. 27, 1789, aged 34. He mar- 
ried second, April 6, 1793, Miriam Wheeler. He resided in 
the easterly part of the town of Concord, at the place known 
as " Merriam's Corner." He died Oct. 15, 1804, and eight 
days afterward Miriam re(|ucsted the appointment of her 
son " John Meriam" as administrator of the estate. Abiel 
Hayward was appointed guardian of Ebenezer, Daniel, and 
Francis Wheeler, minor sons. She released her right of dower, 
May I, 1807. She married second (intention, Aug. 18, 1816), 
Moses Richardson, of Acton, and deeded lands to her two 
youngest sons, Sept. 19, 1816. 

Children : 

251. i. John,' b. Jan. 22, 1778. 

ii. Martha, b. May 13, 1780; m. Sept. 9, 1812, Dr. Aaron Batch- 
elder, of Douglas; she d. Sept. 16, 1855. 
Children : 

1. Bridgman H. Batchelder. 

2. Martha Batchelder. 

3. Aaron Batchelder. 

4. Caroline Augusta Batchelder, b. Nov. 15, 18 16. 

5. Francis Ebenezer Batchelder, b. July 8, 1818; Cong, min- 

ister, Brooklyn, N.V., etc.; d. April i, 1887. 

252. iii. Tarrant Putnam, b. .April 30, 1782. 

253. iv. Samuel, b. April i, 1785. 

V. A child, b. in July, d. Dec. 31, 1787. 
vi. A child, b. and d. Jan. 27, 1789. 

254. vii. Ebenezer, b. June 20, 1794. 

viii. Daniel, b. Feb. 17, 1796; res. Acton; d. unm. in 1818. 

255. ix. Francis Wheeler, b. Feb. 3, 1799. 



104 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



113 



Joseph* {Nathan,^ Joseph* John? Joseph," William^), 
born at Concord, Jan. 26, 1743-4; married Jan. 14, 1768, 
Mary Brooks, who died at Mason, N.H., Aug. 22, 1791. 
He married second, at Bedford, Feb. 27, 1794, Sally Hill; 
she died June 13, 1833, aged 81 years. 

He removed about 1770 to Mason, N.H., and became one 
of its most eminent and valuable citizens; was selectman 
14 years; chosen to represent the town in the legislature at 
its first meeting after it was able to send a representative, 
in March, 1793. 

" No citizen was ever more worthy of this mark of confi- 
dence," says Hill, in the history of the town. 

He died Nov. 6, 1826. 

Children : 

257. i. Joseph,' b. July 7, 1770. 

ii. Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1772; m. Jason Dunster. 

258. iii. Samuel, b. Oct. 14, 1773. 

iv. Dorothy, b. Oct. 11, 1778; m. Feb. 5, 1801, Thomas Cham- 
bers, of Maine. 
V. Rebecca, b. July 26, 1781; m, Thomas Wilson. 



lU 

Nathan* {Nathan? Joseph? John? Joseph? William'), 
born at Concord, May 25, 1751; was a legatee in the will of 
his father in 1782; married Lydia, daughter of Jacob and 
Submit Warren, of Littleton ; removed to New Ipswich, 
N.H. ; joined in a quitclaim deed of Warren lands (their 
share in the " dower " of the widow Submit), Feb. 4, 1802. 
He was one of the founders of New Ipswich Academy in 1787, 
a citizen of excellent standing in church and town. 



115 

Amos* {Nathan? Joseph? John? Joseph? William ')' 
born at Concord, Oct. 13, 1760; married at Lincoln, " by 
Rev. Charles Stearns," Dec. 25, 1783, Deborah, daughter 
of Deacon Joshua, Jr., and Hannah Brooks, of Lincoln, 
born Jan. 3, 1764. She joined with other heirs in a sale of 



SIXTH GENERATION 105 

rights in the estate of her father, June i, 1807. [Mdx. Co. 
Deeds, 199, 113.] 

He was a farmer; removed to Princeton. 

" Capt. Amos Merriam " died at Princeton, Sept. 16, 1804, 
" aged 44." The widow married as her second husband, 
Capt. Stephen Mirick, Dec. 2, 1813. 

Children : 

i. Hannah Brooks,' b. in Princeton March 11, 1785; m. Feb. 

27, 1806, Ebenezer Parker, Jr. 
ii. Phebe, b. April 28, 1786 ("in Concord"); m. Jan. 26, 1804, 

at her father's house in Princeton, Phineas Beaman. 
iii. Abigail, b. July 17, 1789; d. Nov. 7, 1792. 

261. iv. Nathan, b. March 21, 1791. 

262. V. Amos, b. Dec. 15, 1792. 

263. vi. William, b. Nov. 19, 1794. 

vii. John, b. .^pril 4, 1797; d. March 24, i8oi. 

264. viii. Joseph, b. Feb. 24, 1799. 

265. ix. Marshall, b. April 17, 1802. 

.\. Lydia, b. Oct. 4, 1804; m. Oct. i, 1822, Joel Howe. 

Ephraim" {Nathan,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born in Concord, Jan. 26, 1764; married, in Lincoln, Feb. 

9, 1792, Mary, daughter of Timothy and Elizalx-th Brooks, 
born March 6, 1792. Resided at Concord. He died July 

10, 1803. His estate was administered upon by his brother 
Amos till the death of the latter, when it devolved u])on Xathan 
Shaw. Edward i-'lint was appointed guardian to the chil- 
dren, April II, 1806, and William Swan took his place, Oct. 
7, 1812. 

Children : 

i. Mary,' b. Oct. 13, 1793; m. Sejit. 11, 1821, Nehemiah Ball. 

ii. Ephraim, b. Nov. 26, 1785; d. unm. April 7, 1843. His will 
dated Feb. 27, proved May 16, 1843, bequeathed S800 
to the town of Concord, the interest to be appropriated an- 
nually " for the benefit of the Silent Poor of .said town at the 
discretion and under the direction of the selectmen and the 
minister of the First Parish of said Towne; " other bequests 
to the son and daughters of Nathan Stow; to Abel Brooks; 
Abigail, wife of Emerson Barrett; a sum tt) brother Rufus 
M.,of Boston, to be expended for the benefit of Cyrus Brooks, 
of B.; bro. Marshall's son Ephraim and "daughter;" 



106 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

daughters of sister Mary Ball ; to his mother, to sister Mar)', 
sister Maria, bros. Marshall, Rufus, and Nathan; Nehe- 
miah Ball, executor, 
iii. Nathan, b. Aug. i, 1798; removed to Newport, Me. ; d. before 
June 12, 1855, when his est. was admin, by Neh. Ball; left 
" no widow and no children." [Mdx. Prob.] 

266. iv. Marshall, 1 . at 1 o o ) 

r, ( - b. March 28, 1801; V , n^^ . o 

V. Rufus, ( ' ) a. unm. March 3, 1870. 

vi. Maria, b. 1803; m. Darius J. Hatch. 

117 

Josiah' (Josiali,^ Joseph," John,^ Joseph," William'), 
born at Concord, June 27, 1755; married first, Aug. 6, 1778, 
Mary (called in church record Ruth), daughter of Jacob 
Brown, born in 1760, died Jan. 9, 181 5. He married sec- 
ond (intention, Sept. 14, 1815), Rebecca Weston, of Lincoln. 
He married third, in Boston, April 21, 1823, Mary Kings- 
bury. 

He served in the Revolutionary War. He died Nov. 22, 
1832. 

Children : 

i. Ruth Brown,' b. March 8, 1779; m. March 19, 1801, Eli Dakin. 
ii. Mary (Molly), b. Nov. 29, 1780; m. (i) July 7, 1799, Robert 

Kathrens; m. (2) April 8, 1824, Jacob Melvin. 
iii. Josiah, b. June 28, d. Aug. i, 1783. 
iv. Betsey, b. Sept. 6, 1784; m. — — Gordon; she d. March 

13- 1865. 

267. V. Oliver, b. March 11, 1787. 

268. vi. Jacob Brown, b. June 6, 1789. 

vii. Anna, b. March 26, 1792; d. at Lex. unm. Aug. 24, 1883. 

viii. Lydia, b. Sept. 18, 1795; m. May 16, 1819, Colburn Had- 

lock, of Boston; resided in her later years at Lexington; 

retained her faculties almost to the close of her long life; 

d. Dec. 23, 1888, ae. 93. 

269. ix. Darius, b. June 21, 1798. 

X. Elisha, b. Jan. 16, d. Feb. 21, 1801. 

270. xi. Jesse Wheeler, b. Feb. 26, 1802. 

271. xii. Hiram (Ira), b. March 17, 1806. 

xiii, Benjamin Kingsbury, b. March 18, 1824. 

118 

Timothy'* {Josiah,^ Joseph," John,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Concord, Sept. 29, 1757; married Huldah, daugh- 
ter of Job and Margery (Cook) Darling, born in 1767. 



SIXTH GENERATION 107 

He became a noted physician at Framingham; bought 
a house and land there in 1791. 

He died — was drowned — Sept. 17, 1835. The widow 
died Jan. 25, 1840. Her will, dated Sept. 26, 1834, proved 
Feb. 18, 1840, bequeathed to her two sons and four daugh- 
ters, making Mr. Hall executor. 

Children : 

i. Tryphena' (Trafine), b. at Concord April 16, 1785; 111. Oct- 
12, 1809, William U. Hills, of Charlestown. 

ii. Mary, b. at Bellingham Aug. 23, 1788; m. Sept. i, 1830, Jesse 
Hall, of Cambridge. 

iii. Timothy, b. at Framingham April 21, 1791; lost at sea Jan- 
uary, 1827. 

272. iv. Joseph, b. Nov. 23, 1792. 

273. V. Galen, \ , j. ( 

vi. Hannah, J tJ- ^ec. 5, 1797, j ^i. Capt. Joseph Fisher, U.S.N. 

She was lost at sea Oct., 1841. 
vii. Ros;iline Augusta, b. Nov. 15, 1805; m. Elbridge M. Jones, 
of Framingham and Milford. 



119 

Joseph' {Josiah,'' Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Concord, July 22, 1767; married at Lincoln, Dec. 
12, 1799, Lucy Wheeler, born Julv 23, 1777, died Feb. 11, 
1841. 

He resided at Merriam's Corner, Concord. 

He died March 23, 1856. He Ix'queathed the home farm 
to his son-in-law Kbcn P. Gleason and gave other personal or 
real estate to his children and grandchildren. 

Children : 

i. Rebecca,' b. Sept. 25, 1800; m. Dec. 10, 1822, George Law- 
rence, of Littleton, 
ii. Lucy Wheeler, b. Feb. 8, d. July 15, 1802. 

274. iii. Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1803. 

275. iv. Joseph, b. April 6, 1805. 

V. Eliza Wheeler, b. Nov. 29, 1807 ; m. Alonzo Hartwell, a well- 
known portrait-painter; shed. Jan. 11, 1831. 

vi. Abner Wheeler, b. Nov. 2, 1809; became a merchant in Lex- 
ington; d. unmarried; his estate was settled by his bro. 
Charles Feb. 16, 183 1. 



108 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

vii. Susan Wheeler, b. Sept. 9, 1812; m. May 10, 1836, Eben P. 
Gleason, of Londonderry, N.H. ; he removed to Concord. 

Children : 

1. Lucy M. Gleason, b. Jan. 24, 1837. 

2. Edward M. Gleason, b. Feb. 28, 1841; d. July 12, 1842. 

3. Edward Gleason, b. Dec. 9, 1843. 

4. Joseph Merriam Gleason, b. Feb. 16, 1845. 

viii. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 20, 18 14; m. June 14, 1839, William Brig- 
ham, of Boston, b. in Sept., 1813; d. Aug. 12, 1853; she d. 
Jan. 27, 1872. 

Children : 

1. William Cleveland Brigham, b. Sept. 2, 1840; m. Oct. 

2, 1867, Maria Wilson, daughter of Samuel and Anna 
Maria (Marshbank) Sheppard, b. Oct. 24, 1845 ; she d. 
May 19, 1877. He d. Dec. 4, 1894. 

Children : ' 

(i) Waldo Brigham, b. June 16, 1869; d. Nov. 18, 1863. 

(2) Emma Sheppard Brigham, b. Jan. 27, d. Oct. 22, 187 1. 

(3) Lucy Merriam Brigham, b. April 23, 1873. 

(4) Louisa Ashton Brigham, b. Jan. 10, 1875. 

(5) Anna Esther Brigham, b. Feb. 9, 1876; m. Jan. 29, 1902, 

Edward Metcalf Fisher. 

2. Jean Munroe Brigham, b. ; m. June 3, 1866, William 

Le Brun; he d. Aug. 2, 1883, at Boston. 

3. Charles Brigham, d. ;c. 2 years. 

4. Alice Maud Brigham, b. Aug., 1847 ; m. at Framingham 

Dec. 31, 1868, George Sanford Parsons, b. at Brooklyn, 
N.Y., March 16, 1847; he d. at Montclair, N.J., June 
2, 1875; she d. there Jan. 6, 1894. 

Children : 

(i) Lucy Brigham Parsons, b. July 4, 1874. 

(2) Joseph Lester Parsons, b. Sept. 20, 187 1; m. at Brook- 

lyn, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1903, Lucille Frances Myers. 
Agent North River Insurance Co., N.Y. City. 

(3) Alice Sanford Parsons, b. Feb. i, 1873. 

(4) Ethel Merriam Parsons, b. July 4, 1874; -■fcfsn;v*894- 
ix. Elvira, b. June 2, 1817; m. Dec. 23, 1845, William Munroe, 

of Boston, b. in Le.xington Dec. 17, 1812, of Jonathan and 
Rhoda Munroe. He died at Southbridge Feb. 18, 1863; 
she d. at Framingham March 21, 1897. 

Children : 

I Annie Munroe, b. at Southbridge July 19, 1848. 
2. William Eustis Munroe, b. do. June 24, 1852; m. May 
28, 1895, Elizabeth P. Godfrey. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 109 

3. Charlotte Munroe, b. do. May 21, 1855; m. April 27, 1882, 
Charles Francis Munroe, of Roxbury, b. Sept. 11, 1853. 

Children : 

(i) Howard Francis Munroe, b. Oct. 9, 1884; d. July 7, 
1890. 

(2) Laura Gertrude Munroe, b. Feb. 28, 1893. 

(3) William Francis Munroe, b. Dec. 4, 1894. 

276. X. Adolphus, b. .^ug. 23, 1820. 

120 

Samuel* {Nathaniel," Samuel* John,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Bedford, Nov. 5, 1749; married in Lexington, Feb. 
21, 1785, Alice, daughter of Simon Newton and .\mittai Fas- 
set, and widow of Thomas Hadley.* Resided at Bedford. 
He died Nov. 25, 1782. [W. S. A.] 

Children : 

i. Sally,' b. .April 17, 1785; m. Dec. 28, 1812, John Grovner, 
of Lexington. 

277. ii. Jonas, b. .\ug. 22, 1787. 

iii. Mary, b. .Xjjril 4, 1791; m. George Pierce. 

iv. Thomas, b. Jan. 26, 1793. 

V. Nathaniel, b. June 23, 1795; d. Feb. 8, 1797. 

vi. Lucy. 

vii. Hannah, b. July 23, 1799; m. Lock. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 



121 



Edmond ' (Benjamin,'' Ebenezer,^ Joseph,* William,^ Jo- 
seph," William'), born at Mendon. Feb. 7, 1744-5; married 
first, OctoIxT, 1770, Hannah Farrington, who died July 12, 
1785. He married second, at Union, Conn., Mary, daugh- 
ter of John Laflin. He resided at Mendon, Paxton, and 
Holliston, Mass., and removed after the death of his first 
wife to Union, Conn. He died July 24, 1801. 

* " The record," says the History of Bedford, " has the following appended note : 
' Said Alice Hadley married in a borrowed suit of clothes.' " According to an old 
English custom this prevented the bridegroom from acquiring any rights in her prop- 
erty through the marriage, e.g. in estate derived from her former husband. 



110 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

280. i. Daniel,' b. Aug. i, 17 71. 

ii. Amariah, b. March 3, 1773; d. June 24, 1774. 

iii. Anna, b. Jan. 12, 1775; d. July 20, 1776. 

iv. Luther, b. April 7, 1777; d. April 23, 1778. 

V. Jason, b. March 12, 1780; d. unm. 

vi. Otis, b. Oct. 15, 1782; d. Dec. 29, 1784./^ 

vii. Hannah, b. Dec. 8, 1789; d. Jan. 30, 1803. 

viii. Otis, b. March 31, 1792; d. July 17, 1803. 

i.x. Charles, b. Jan. 31, 1794; was studying medicine; d. unm. 
April 8, 1814. 

122 

Ebenezer ' (Benjamin,^ Ehenezer,^ Joseph* William,^ Jo- 
seph,'' William'), born in Mendon, Feb. 17, 1751; married 
Margaret Jefferson (or Jepperson), born May 20, 1750. 

" He resided at Mendon through most of the Revolution, 
having charge of the farm of Major May." He removed 
to Paxton, where he resided till his death, April 8, 1790. 

Administration of his estate was granted to his widow, 
May 4, 1790. Partition and distribution of the real estate 
was made by commissioners, June 7, 1791. After setting 
off a portion to the widow, a tract in Paxton was divided 
between the children which had been owned in common 
and undivided by Ebenezer and his brother, Edmund, now 
of Union, Conn. Another tract was also divided. The widow 
and Edmund signed the document in token of mutual satis- 
faction with the division. The widow also was appointed 
guardian of " Dan, 19 years old," and " George, 18 years 
old." 

She made her home with her children in Brookfield, and 
lived out a long life, dying Oct. 14, 1831. 

Children : 

281. i. Dan,* b. Sept. 21, 1771. 

282. ii. George, b. July 8, 1773. 

iii. Jared, b. Oct. 3, 1775; d. April 20, 1778. 

283. iv. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 15, 1777. 

124 

ICHABOD ' {Ichabod,^ Ichabod,^ William,* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Wallingford, Conn., Jan.7, 1757; married 
Feb. 24, 1777, Desire Burnell. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 111 

" He removed from Waterbur)', Conn., to Chenango County, 
N.Y., about 1804. Took up a section of land which was in 
part covered with timber; cut it down and burned it, sav- 
ing the ashes, making them into ' salts ' (potash and pearl- 
ash), and thus got spending money while developing the 
farm. He was an honest man." [Reminiscences of a grand- 
son.] 

He was a soldier in ConnecticiTt^ militia, and, residing in 
Chenango County, N.Y., received a pension; was i)laced 
on the roll Nov. 15, 1832, pension beginning March 4, 1831, 
age 77. 

He died in 1836. 

Children : 

i. Ichabod,*^ h. in Watcrbury, Ct. 

286. ii. Samuel. 

iii. Julius. 

288. iv. John Denton, b. in Waterbur)-, Ct., Sept. 7, 1798. 

V. Albert, b. in Greene, N.Y., June 15, 1815. 

125 

MuNSON ' (Munsoti,'' Ichabod,^ William* William,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), lx)rn in Cheshire. Conn.. .April 11, 1767; 
married Oct. 26, 1789, Susan Hotchkiss. Was a farmer in 
his native town. 

Children : 

i. .Abigail," b. June 10, 1790. 

ii. Eunice, b. July, d. Aug. 2, 1793. 

iii. Bradley, b. 1795, d. Aug. 6, 1801. 

126 

Isaac' {Mimson,'' Ichabod,^ William,* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), l)orn in Wallingford, Conn., F"eb. g. 1770; resid- 
ing in Cheshire, Conn, (formerly part of Wallingford), he 
took the oath of allegiance, Sept. 15, 1800; married Feb. 
II, 1802, Mary L. Benham. 

He settled at West Hartland, Conn. 

Child : 
291. Munson," b. June 17, 1806. 



112 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

127 

RuFUS ' {Miinson,'' Ichahod,^ William,'^ William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Wallingford, Conn., Jan., 8, 1772; resid- 
ing in Cheshire, he took the oath of allegiance along with his 
brother and other citizens, Sept. 15, 1800. He married Jan. 
14, 1798, Sarah, who died Feb. 6, 1809. 

Children : 
i. Rufus,* 
ii. Lucius, 
iii. Lucy, 
iv. Rebecca. 

129 

William ' {Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ William,'^ William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 12, 1777; mar- 
ried first, Asenath Bartholomew, who died March 19, 1800. 
He married second, in 1802, Rachel Wilson, born Dec. 18, 
1782, died Dec. 19, 1831. 

Removed to Whitehall, N.Y. He died June 23, 1852. 

Children : 

i. Betsey,* b. March 5, 1803; m. John Adams; d. March 21, 1857. 
293. ii. WiUiam, b. March 10, 1805. 

iii. Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1808. 

iv. James, b. April 21, 18 10. 

V. Florilla, b. Aug. 17, 1812; m. (i) Dec. 24, 1838, Dennis Jones; 
m. {2) Jefferson Bartholomew. 

vi. Doshan, b. April 23, 1815; m. April 23, 1847, James Martin. 

vii. Martha, b. Aug. 20, 1817; d. Oct. 5 [1833]. 

viii. Lydia M., b. April 22, 1820; d. in 1894, leaving a will in which 
the following were named : brother Samuel ; Betsey Ann 
Reed, niece, of Fair Haven, Vt.; Rev. Robert Adams, 
nephew, Boston, Mass. ; Rachel A. Weaver, niece, Buffalo, 
N.Y.; Edna Fish, grandniece, West Haven, Vt.; Cora Bar- 
tholomew, Whitehall, N.Y.; Asbury Merriam and Bishop 
Merriam, executors and nephews. Fair Haven, Vt. ; Julia 
Ann (executor and niece), Charles P. and Kate C. Wood. 

130 

John ' (Samuel,^ Samuel,^ William,'* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Whitehall, N.Y., Oct. 26, 1779; mar- 
ried Sept. 26, 1799, Mary Hotchkiss, born Nov. 20, 1780, 
died Aug. 19, i860. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 113 

Children : 

i. Asenath* b. Sept. lo, 1801 ; m. Nov. 10, 1817, Jacob Searl; 

she d. Nov. 10, 1821. 

ii. Simeon, b. April 7, 1803. 

iii. Samuel, b. 1804. 

295. iv. John Smith, b. Feb. 26, 181 1. 

296. V. Simeon Brooks, b. May 27, 18 16. 

297. vi. William Gridley, b. April 28, 1818. 

Daniel ' {Ebenczer!' Ebenezer,^ Wilham* IVillmm,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 30, 1768; married 
Katherine McCulloch at Nova Scotia. She died early, 
leaving three young children. 

He removed with his father to Cornvvallis, N.S. 

He was a musician in Halifax; went to the United States 
after the death of his wife. 

Children : 

i. Mary,"* b. about 1792. 
ii. Sarah, b. about 1794. 
iii. Katherine, b. about 1796. 

Joseph" {Ehenezer,'' Ebenczer,^ William. '^ Willinm-^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Cheshire, Conn., Jan. 21, 1771; married 
Nov. 2, 1800, Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Lyons, of Corn- 
wallis, N.S., lx)rn June 13. 1781. She died August, 1826. 

He was a wheelwright; removed to Deer Island, N.B., 
about 182 1. He died Sept. i8, 1841, at Lubec, Me. 

Children : 

i. Mary Jane,* b. Dec. 21, 1801; m. Thomas Penney, of Deer 

Island, N.B.; she d. .April 13, 1873. 
ii. Rebecca, b. Oct. 13, 1803; m. Frank .Armstrong, 
iii. Elizabeth Ruth, b. Feb. 5, 1806; m. Lemuel Haskins; res. 

at Deer Island, N.B. 
iv. Nancy, b. Feb. 12, 1809; m- Samuel Pine, of Eastport, Me.; 

d. in 1873. 
V. Rizpah, b. Nov. 25, 181 1; m. Jacob McGregor, of Lubec, Me. 
vi. William McR., b. April 29, 1815; d. June 25, 1835. 
vii. Rosilia, b. Jan. 7, 1818; m. William Lamson, of Lubec, Me. 
299. viii. Joseph Clement, b. July, 1820. 

ix. Sophia, b. Oct. 15, 1822; d. Dec., 1873, unm. 



114 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



134 



Ebenezer ' (Ebenezcr,'' Ebenezer,^ William,'* William,^ Jo- 
seph,^ William^), born Jan. 13, 1781; married Oct. 8, 1804, 
Elizabeth W., widow of James Lyons. She was born May 
2, 1782, and died July 25, 1862, at Parrsboro, N.S. 

He died Aug. 18, 1852. 



Children : 



Eliza Ann* b. July 26, 1805; m. Samuel Koopman; she d. 

at Portsmouth, N.H. 
James, b. Feb. 10, 1807. 
Walter Ratchford, b. Sept. 3, i8og. 
Hannah, b. Sept. 28, 1811; m. Elisha Pettis. 
David, b. Jan. 23, 1813; d. unm. at Norfolk, Va., Jan. 16, 1841. 
Martha E., b. Oct. 10, 1815; m. Jan. i, 1834, Charles R. Mc- 

Duffy. 
Robert William, b. March 27, 18 18. 
Mary Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1819; m. Robert Wilson; she d. 

in 1879. 
Daniel, b. Jan. 23, 1822. 
Ebenezer, b. Aug. g, 1825. 



136 

William " {William,'' Ebenezer,^ William,'* William,^ Jo- 
seph,'' William'), born at Harwinton, Conn., Feb. 14, 1777; 
married Anne Hotchkiss. 

He removed to Grafton, O. ; married a second wife, 
and had several children. 



300. 


n. 


301. 


iii. 




iv. 




V. 




vi. 


302. 


vii. 




viii. 


303- 


i.\. 


304- 


X. 



Children : 



Eliza,^ b. about 1800. 
Mar)', b. about 1802. 
Julia, b. about 1804. 
Anne, b. about 1806. 



137 



Clement ' (William,'' Ebenezer,^ William,* William,^ Jo- 
seph,' William''), born at Harwinton, Conn., March 24, 
1781. 

He graduated at Columbia College in 1805; became min- 
ister and schoolmaster at Narragansett in 1801. He resided 



SEVENTH GENERATION 115 

at Middleton (Middletown), Conn., in 1806, when he sold 
lands which had descended to him from his father. He was 
at Providence, R.T., at one time in the ministry. Was of the 
Episcopal Church. 
He died Sept. 6, 1807. 

Child : 

Eliza Elizabeth ; * she sold land that had descended from her 
grandmother and uncle Josephus Merriam, in 1829. 

138 

Joel ' {William,^ Ebenezer,^ William,'* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), horn at Harwinton, Conn., May 19, 1792 ; married 
Abigail Warner. 

He resided on the Ely Place, near the old homestead at 
Harwinton, Conn., and died there, April i, 1821. 

Children : 
i. Orson.' 



ii. Susan. 



139 



Edmund ' {Nathaniel,^ Nalhanid,^ John* William," Jo- 
seph," William'), Ijorn at Wallingford, Conn., March 28, 
1 761; married Huldah Peck. 

He was a soldier in the Revolution. A musket that he 
carried has come down in the family of his nephew Ela, 
and his son Clinton L. Merriam. 

He died Jan. 25, 1791. 

Children: 

i. Rebecca.* 
ii. Laura. 

140 

Nathaniel' {Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel.^ John,* William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born at Wallingford, Conn., June 3, 
1769; married first, Dec. 2, 1792, Eunice, daughter of Ben- 
jamin and Mindwell Curtis, of W., born Jan. 13, 1768, died 



116 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

at Leyden, N.Y., Sept. 22, 1822. He married second, at 
Fort Ann, N.Y., Jan. 31, 1824, Sally Black, widow of Fran- 
cis Lloyd, who was born Dec. 29, 1779, and died July 11, 1862. 

He removed with his wife and young children in 1800 to 
Leyden, N.Y. He was county judge in 1815; member of 
the Assembly in 181 1 and 1820. He was a farmer and also 
kept a tavern on the State road from Utica to Watertown, 
N.Y. He removed to Indiana about 1838, and returned to 
Leyden in 1842. He was supervisor, 181 2 to 1816. He was 
a man of dignified bearing, of serious and profound nature, 
and of proverbial integrity. 

He died Aug. 19, 1847. 

Children : 

309. i. Ela,* b. Sept. 25, 1794. 

ii. Amanda, b. Feb. 8, 1976; m. Dec. 25, 1816, Elisha Backus, 

of Utica, N.Y.; she d. in 1886; he d. May 21, 1874. 
iii. Levi, b. Jan. 21, 1798; d. Sept. 20, 1799. 
iv. Louisa, b. Sept. 12, 1806; d. unm. March 10, 1864. 



141 

Nathaniel ' {Matthcn;^ Nathaniel,^ John," William,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in Berwick, Me. (then in Massachu- 
setts), May 19, 1767; married Aug. 5, 1790, Matilda Hayes, 
of Berwick, born Nov. 29, 1764; died Oct. 28, 1848. 

He resided in Berwick, Me., till about 1808, when he re- 
moved to Portsmouth, N.H., where he died Dec. 4, 1821. 

Children : 

i. Eliza,^ b. March 29, 1792; d. unm. Oct. 3, 1869. 

310. ii. Oliver, b. Oct. 4, 1794. 

311. iii. Matthew, b. May 27, 1797. 

iv. Hiram, b. June i, d. Sept. 10, 1799. 

V. Hiram, b. Aug. i, 1801; d. Oct. 15, 1803. 

vi. Harriet, b. May 27, 1803; m. July 14, 1839, Joseph Berwick; 
d. Feb. II, 1879. 

vii. Bethiah, b. Jan. 12, 1805; d. unm. Feb. 17, 1831. 

viii. Emeline, b. Jan. 8, 1807; d. Jan. 28, 1815. 

ix. Persis, b. June 28, 1809; m. June 9, 1833, Henry Rand; re- 
sided at Portsmouth, N.H. ; d. Dec. 19, 1893. 



i 



SEVENTH GENERATION 117 

142 

John ' {Matthew^' Nathaniel,^ John* William,^ Joseph," 
William^), born in Berwick, Me., Aug. i, 1776; married 
about 1798 Patience Neal, bom April 3, 1781, died Dec. 
6, 1826. 

He removed to Belfast, Me. ; was a very prominent citi- 
zen of the town and county; representative to the General 
Court of Massachusetts in 181 7; repeatedly one of the se- 
lectmen; chief justice of the Court of Sessions, 1820 to 1826. 
He died April 27, 1832. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,* b. March 7, 1799; d. Aug. 17, 1835. 

ii. Persis, b. May 2, 1801; m. (i) Oct. 2, 1825, James Holmes; 

he d. Dec. 9, 1828, and she m. (2) Jan. 15, 1832, William 

Walker. 

Children : 

1. John M. Holmes, b. Feb. 19, 1827; d. Sept. 3, 1853. 

2. Cordelia Eglantine Walker, b. Jan. 25, 1833; m. (i) Dec. 

23, 1850, Samuel Mackay; had. Oct. 16, 1855. Child: 
John Murray Mackay, b. Sept. 27, 185 1; d. Dec, 1853. 
Cordelia m. (2) Feb. 15, 1859, Joseph H. Turner. 

Children ; 

(i) Persis Mae Turner, b. Dec. 3, 1859; m. at Carrolton, 
Mo., April 24, 1878, Wilbur Eugene Campe. Children: 
(i) Turner Eugene Campe, b. March 29, 1879; (ii) Nettie 
Shirley Campe, b. March 16, 1881, m. March 2, 1901, 
Howard Pemberton; (iii) Forest Ehret Campe, b. May 
5, 1886; (iv) Joe Humphrey Campe, b. Nov. 19, 1889; 
(v) Ruth Campe, b. May 18, 1892. 

(2) Samuel Kirkwood Turner, b. June 8, 1866; m. Oct. 8, 
1889, Ann Mary Perkins. Children: (i) Joe Perkins 
Turner, b. Jan. 15, 1893; (ii) Walker Turner, Jan. 
15, 1893; (iii) Lucelia Kirkwood Turner, b. July 14, 

1905- 

3. Clarissa C. Walker, b. July 27, 1836. 

4. William Franklin Walker, b. Dec. 4, 1837; m. Sept. 16, 

1862, Hannah Bethiah Snow. 

Children : 

(i) Robert Grant Walker, b. April 7, 1863; d. Oct. 3, 1865. 

(2) Edwin Bruce Walker, b. June 13, 1867; m. Mabel 

Derrickson. 

(3) Clara Cordelia Walker, b. April 17, d. Aug. 7, 1870. 



118 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

(4) Carrie Edith Walker, b. July 26, 1871; m. April 2, 

1897, William Sumner Schuyler. 

(5) Frank Merriam Walker, b. May 30, 1873; d. 1875. 

5. Francis Eells Walker, b. Jan. 17, 1841; m. Dec. 14, 1862, 
Jane Elizabeth Dale; she d. Aug. 18, 188 1. He resides 
in Bedford, la. ; is pres. of Nat. Bank. 

Children : 
(i) William Dale Walker, b. July 24, 1866; m. Jan. 12, 

1888, Maude Verey Berkev. Child : Francis Berkey 
Walker, b. Oct. 8, 1888. 

(2) Persis Maola Walker, b. Oct. 8, 1868; m. Dec. 31, 

1889, James Bird Combe. Children: Ethel Walker 
Combe, b. Dec. 16, 1893; Dorothy June Walker 
Combe, b. June 23, 1903. 

(3) Mary Elizabeth Walker, b. Feb. 9, 1872; m. Aug. 

22, 1892, Fay Martin Fitts. Children: Isabel Fitts, 
b. July 23,1893; Frances Marie Fitts, b. May 18, 1901. 

iii. Patience, b. May 11, 1803; m. S. W. Eells; d. at Centerville, 
la., Nov. 30, 1874. 

iv. George Washington, b. Dec. 22, 1805; d. unm. Jan. 12, 1829. 

V. John Chase, b. Nov. 23, 1811; drowned Feb. 5, 1832, unm. 

312. vi. William ThatchT, b. Feb. 10, 1815. 

313. vii. James Franklin b. Feb. 23, 18 18. 



143 

Matthew Thatcher ''{Matthew,'' Nathaniel,^ John* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph," William^), born in Berwick, Me., July 21, 
1782; married Dec. i, 1805, Abigail Smith, born at Sanborn- 
ton, N.H., April 27, 1789, died Sept. 29, 1877. 

He passed his youth in Berwick and Kittery, Me., and 
Portsmouth, N.H. In early manhood went to Waldo County, 
Me., cleared land, and carved out a farm on which he spent 
the remainder of his life. 

The section in which he lived was incorporated as the town 
of Morrill. He kept in touch with his large family in two 
generations, visiting and receiving visits, writing letters full 
of interest in advancing years. He died March 21, 1857. 

Children : 

i. Eliza,* b. Aug. 15, 1806; m. April 10, 1824, Ephraim Severance. 

Children : 

1. Thatcher Severance, fell in the Civil War. 

2. Daniel Severance; res. E. Dover, Me. 



II. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 119 

3. Joseph Severance; res. N. Yakima, Wash. 

4. Elizabeth Severance; m. Hamilton. 

5. Clara Bell Severance; m. Blethen. 

6. Arabelle Severance; m. Samuel Judkins; Lakeside, Me. 

7. Frank Severance. 

8. Fred. Severance. 
Elsie, b. .^pril 26, 1808; d. Aug. 31, 1809. 

314. iii. Elisha, b. Aug. 13, 1810. 

315. iv. Horace, b. Sept. 22, 18 12. 

v. Abbv, b. Dec. i, 1814; m. Sept. 27, 1857, Cyrus Roberts; 

she d. Nov. 15, 1897. 
vi. Lydia C, b. Aug. 29, 18 17; m. July 3, 1842, Charles Brown. 

Children : 

1. Joshua Livingston Brown, b. April 29, 1843; fell in the 

Civil War. 

2. Thatcher Brown, b. April 8, 1845; res. Stuart, la. 

3. Charles Elwin Brown, b. June 9, 1847; res. Morrill, Me. 

4. Hittie Brown, b. Nov. 15, 1849; m. Ivory White; res. do. 

5. Lydia Brown, b. Jan. 28, 1852; d. June, 1882. 

6. Horace Brown, b. June 13, 1854; res. Lawrence. 

7. Elisha Brown, b. A[)ril 25, 1857. 

8. Maria Aubigne Brown, b. May 5, 1863; m. Jan. 17, 1882, 

Tileston Wadlin. 

316. vii. Thatcher, b. July 22, 1819. 

viii. Harriet, b. Nov. 12, 1821; m. .April 5, 1840, James Burgess. 
She d. March 15, 1884. 

Children : 

1. James Franklin Burgess, b. Jan. 25, 1842. 

2. Mary Emily Burgess, b. June 25, 1845. 

3. Sarah Jane Burgess, b. June 14, 1848; d. Jan. 14, 1885. 

4. John E. Burgess, b. Oct. 12, 185 1. 

5. George A. Burgess, b. Dec. 11, 1854. 

6. Nancy M. Burgess, b. Sept. 1, 1858. 

7. Everett S. Burgess, b. July 19, 1862. 

i.x. Jane S., b. June 12, 1824; m. June 12, 1853, Charles Rice. 

Children : 

1. Wilbert Hamlin Rice, b. Aug. 6, 1856. 

2. Abbie Wood Rice, b. 1858. 

3. Mary Louise Rice. 

X. Sarah, E., b. Feb. 24, 1827; m. Oct. 12, 1854, Ebenezer Jackson. 

Children : 

1. Clarence Jackson, b. July, 1855. 

2. Cora Jackson. 

3. Nellie Jackson. 

317. -xi. John, b. Oct. 11, 1829. 



120 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

xii. Persis, b. April 3, 1832; m. Nov. 4, 1866, Timothy Heath. 

Child: Williard Merriam Heath, 
xiii. Mary Ann, b. Aug. lo, 1854; m. April i, 1855, William Henry 
Sayward. Mrs. Sayward has kindly furnished most of the 
material for this article with its many details. 

Children : 

1. Walter Freeman Sayward, b. May 8, 1856; m. Ellen Wal- 

dron Farrar. Res. Bradford; is principal of the George 
Cogswell School. 

Children : 

(i) Marian Annie Sayward, b. June 30, 1889. 

(2) Malcom Joseph Sayward, b. Oct. 25, 1892. 

2. Addie Cora Sayward, b. July 6, i860; d. Sept. 12, 1864. 

3. Alice Gertrude Sayward, b. July 6, i860. 

4. Joseph Henry Sayward, b. March 23, 1863; m. Ellen Fowler 

Gordon. 

Children : 

(i) Cora Mae Sayward, b. Feb. 19, 1892; d. Nov. 3, 1903. 

(2) William Henry Sayward, b. Nov. 10, 1894. 

(3) Lucy Alice Sayward, b. April 17, 1897. 

(4) Elmer Sayward, b. June 28, 1899. 

(5) Ralph Sayward, b. Aug. 11, 1901. 

5. Jennie May Sayward, b. Oct. 4, 1872; d. April 4, 1880. 

144 

John ' (Jesse,'' John,^ William,-* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born June 26, 1752; married Sept. 4, 1777, Hulclah 
(Rice) Hough. She died July 6, 1786, and her estate was 
distributed to " her children by her first husband, Phineas 
Hough, Jr.," Jan. 25, 1787. He married second, Susannah 
Johnson. 

He resided at Walhngford, Conn., till after the death of 
his first wife. He then removed, about 1796, to Percy, North- 
umberland County, Upper Canada; "was a schoolmaster, 
well educated, and a good business man." 

Children : 

i. Huldah,* b. March 6, 1779; m. Amadeus Bottsford. 

ii. Mary, b. April 28, 1781; m. John Grover, in Canada, 

iii. Anna, b. Dec. 4, 1783; m. Thomas M. Spaulding, in Canada. 

319. iv. Johnson, b. about i785(?). 

v. Susannah, b. about i787(?); m. Kinney. 

vi. Sally, b. about i79o(?); m. Kruger. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 121 



145 



Jesse' {Jessel" John,' John,' William,' Joseph,' William'), 
born Dec. 23, 1765; married Oct. 6, 1788, Sarah (Sally) 
Andrews, born Dec. 13, 1768. 

Removed from Meriden, Conn., to Ballstown, N.Y. ; died 
near Galways Comers, Saratoga County, N.Y. 



Child 


ren: 


i. 


Salina,* b. Oct. 13, 1788. 


320. ii. 


Theron, b. April 13, 1791. 


iii. 


Jesse, b. Nov. i, 1792; d. unm. 


iv. 


Elisha, b. May 7, 1794; d. unm. 


V. 


Clara, b. July 24, 1796. 


vi. 


James, b. May 19, 1798. 


vii. 


Isaac, b. Jan. 29, 1800. 


viii. 


Samuel, b. Oct. 31, 1801. 


ix. 


Esther, b. Oct. 4, 1806. 



/ 



145 a 

James Joh.xsox ' (Jesse,'' John,' John,* William,' Joseph,' 
William'), born June 20, 1772, at Meriden, Conn.; married 
at Percy, Canada, Sarah Youmans, the only white girl in the 
place. He was a blacksmith and farmer. 

They died at Norham, Ont. 

Children : 

324. i. Archibald,* b. Oct. 12, 1801. 

325. ii. Burrage, b. Sept., 1804. 

iii. Hannah, b. .April 20, 1807; m. Joseph Robinson; had 15 

children, 
iv. Millie, b. Nov. 17, 1808; m. John Free. 

326. V. Jesse, b. 1810. 

327. vi. Joseph, b. 1813. 

vii. Mary, b. July 12, 1814; m. — . 

viii. Sylvia, b. May 17, 1815; m. Samuel Rosebush, of West Bay City, 

Mich, 

i.x. Esther, b. April 30, 18 18; m. Isaac Blair. 

X. Huldah, b. 1820; m. John Seguire. 

328. xi. James Patrick, b. March 17, 1822. 

329. xii. John, b. Oct. 20, 1823. 

xiii. Lucy, b. 1825; m. John Garone. 



122 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

146 

As.VHEL ' {Biirrage,^ John,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born (at Rocky Hill, Conn.) Oct. 27, 1771; married 
Oct. I, 1795, Hannah Robbins. She died Aug. i, 1845. 

He died at Rocky Hill, June 18, 1808. 

Children : 

i. Hannah*, b. July 6, 1796; d. unm. Oct. 3, 1865. 

ii. Burrage, b. June 16, 1798; m. Feb. 11, 1829, Harriet Williams; 

he d. Dec. 14, 1849. No children, 
iii. Delia, b. Sept. 8, 1800; m. Oct. 16, 1833, Justus Candee; she d. 

July 27, 1878. 
iv. Lucy, b. Dec. 10, 1802; d. Jan. 14, 18 19. 
V. Horace, b. June 10, 1804; d. unm. Oct. 16, 1834. 
330. vi. Edmund, b. April 12, 1807. 



147 

Amasa ' {William,'' William,^ John,* William,^ Joseph, 
William^), laorn in Wallingford (Meriden), Conn., Sept. 
27, 1757; married first, in April, 1783, Margaret Rice; she 
died May 17, 1809. He married second, Oct. i, 1809, Han- 
nah Douglas. 

Resided in Meriden, Conn. 

Children : 

332. i. Stephen Rice,* b. May 25, 1784. 

333. ii. Joel, b. Aug. 22, 1786. 

334. iii. Sylvester, b. May 21, 1789. 

iv. Eunice, b. Aug. 14, 1791; m. Palmer Grannis; d. Oct. 4, 1830. 

335. V. William, b. March 14, 1794. 
vi. Lucy, b. July 8, 1796. 

336. vii. Alvah, b. June 27, 1799. 

337. viii. Samuel Amasa, b. Aug. 24, 1810. 

ix. Hannah Abigail, b. Dec. i, 1814; d. June 17, 1835. 



148 

Asaph' {William,'' William,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Wallingford, Conn., March 14, 1759; 
married first, Dec. 25, 1783, Damaris Todd, born ]\Iarch 
24, 1766, died Aug. 24, 1825. He married second, Nov. 20, 



SE\'ENTH GENERATION 123 

1828, Sally, widow of James A. Hough. She died Nov. 21, 
1842. 
He resided in Meriden, Conn. ; died July 27, 1836. 

Children : 

i. Selden* b. June 28, 1784; d. unm. April 28, 1806. 

339. ii. Sidney, b, Jan. 7, 1786. 

340. iii. Lauren (" Lorrin "), b. Aug. 24, 1787. 

341. iv. Noah, b. April 4, 1791. 

V. Lusina, b. June 29, 1798; m. .'\pril 14, 1836, Wm. A. Baldwin, 
of N. Uranford, Ct. 

342. vi. Salmon, b. April 17, 1802. 

150 

William ' (William'' William,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Meriden, Conn., June 8, 1768; married 
Aug. 18, 1793, Lydia Wright, born March 12, 1772, daugh- 
ter of Charles Wright, of Winsted, Conn., where William re- 
sided till he removed with his father-in-law to Denmark, 
Lewis County, N.Y. 

Mrs. Merriam died August, 1834. 

Children : 

344. i. William,'* b. Sept. 14, 1794. 

ii. Sally Wright, b. Aug. 12, 1796; m. John Hart, and rem. to Min- 
nesota, 

iii. Sophronia, b. Aug. 26, 1798; m. Warren Wright. 

iv. Lorenzo, b. ; d. unm. in Columbus, Miss., Dec. 31, 1836. 

V. Loui.sa, b. Nov. 5, 1803; m. Feb. 27, 1831, Alonzo D. Rich, 

vi. Lydia, b. Jan. 3, 1806; m. Warren Wright, 

vii. Joel, d. in infancy. 



151 

Joel' {Thomas,^ William,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Watertown, Conn., Feb. 10, 1759; married 
Theodosia Ferris. 

Children : 

i. Sally." 
345. ii. Levi, b. 1784; mentioned in his grandfather's will, 
iii. Lucy. 



124 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

152 

Thomas ' {Thomas,^ William,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Watertown, Conn., April 17, 1766; mar- 
ried at Northfield, Conn., 1784, Hannah, daughter of Noah 
Guernsey. Removed, about 1800, to Schaghticoke, N.Y., 
thence to Saratoga County, and thence to Harpersfield, N.Y., 
where he resided till his death. 

Was in mercantile business with his brother Reuben. 

He died in 181 7. 

Children : 

i. Philomela (Phila Amelia),^ b.in 1794; m. Bartholomew Andrews; 
res. in Cicero, N. Y. 

346. ii. Allen, b. June i, 1796. 

347. iii. Harvey, b. Jan. 5, 1798. 

348. iv. Samuel Guernsey, b. Aug. 30, 1800. 

349. V. Henry, b. Dec. 2, 1802. 

350. vi. Noah, b. Sept. 17, 1805. 

vii. Mary, b. 1807 ; m. Henry Jones; res. Cornwall, N. Y. 

viii. Clarissa, b. , 1809; m. Kay; res Syracuse, N. Y. 

153 

Reuben ' {Thomas,^ William,^ John," William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Watertown, Conn., Oct. 19, 1771; mar- 
ried July 31, 1798, Mary (Polly), daughter of Moses Noyes, 
born in Rutland County, Vt., in 1776. She died Sept. 10, 
1822, and he died the next day, both of an epidemic fever, 
buried in one grave. He resided successively at Schaghti- 
coke, N.Y., the Green Mountains, east of Troy, N.Y., and 
Lowell, O. 

Children: 

351. i. Selden Noyes,* b. Sept. 26, 1799. 

352. ii. William Prince, b. Dec. 31, 1801. 

iii. Anna, b. Jan. 30, 1804; m. James Stowe. She d. Aug., 1842. 
iv. Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1805 ; m. Daniel Hill; d. April, 1843. 

353. V. Reuben Hart, b. Dec. 17, 1807. 

vi. Joel, b. Oct. 12, 1809; d. Sept. 9, 182 1. 

vii. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1812; m. John Twambly. 

viii. Ruth, b. Sept. 2, 1813; m. (ij D. T. Day; m. (2) Joseph Howell. 

354. ix. Moses, b. Aug. 10, 1815. 

X. Julia, b. Feb. 29, d. Sept. 3, 1820. 

xi. Julia, b. July 17, 1821; m. Alvin VV. Stacy. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 125 

154 

AsAHEL ' {Thomas,'' William,^ John* William,^ Joseph' 
William^), born Nov. 25, 1773; married Phebe Osbom, who 
was born April 14, 1777, died July 19, 1848. 

He died at Harpersfield, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1846. 

Children : 

i. Laura,* b. Dec. 3, 1797; m. D. Fenn; d. June 3, 1868. 

ii. Caroline, b. Dec. 29, 1802; d. Sept. 29, 1846. 

iii. Nancy, b. Nov. 17, 1805; m. Aristarchus Blish; res. at Hobart, 

N. Y. 
iv. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1807; ni- R- Ruliffron; she d. March 18, 1873. 

355. V. William iNL, b. March 13, 1810. 

Harriet E., b. Oct. 5, 1814; m. William Hendry, of Madison, O. 

155 

John' (John," William,'^ John,* William, > Joseph,' Will' 
iam'), born at Watcrtown, Conn., .Aug. 22, 1774; married 
Aug. 24, 1800, Lucinda, daughter of Thomas and Tamar 
Goodsell, born in Washington, Conn., died at \'olncv, X.V., 
March 12, 1868. 

He removed to Oneida County, N.Y., residing succes- 
sively at Clinton and Paris. In 1828 he settled at Volney, 
N.Y., where he spent the rest of his life. He died Aug. 29, 
1843. 

Children : 

i. Charles J.,* b. May 14, 1801 ; d. Jan. 16, 1876. 

356. ii. John C.oodscll, b. Sept. 29, 1806. 

357. iii. Thomas Penlield, b. Nov. 7, 1808. 

iv. Mary Valeria, b. and d. Jan. 18, 181 1. 

358. V. George Pcnett, b. Jan. 13, 1812. 

359. vi. William Wayne, b. April 25, 1814. 

vii. Lucinda .Xnn, b. Jan. 14, 1817; m. March 26, 1835, J. H. Root. 

viii. Jane Isabel, b. Feb. 27, d. March 29, 1819. 

i.\. Isaac Baker, b. Aug. 30, 1822; d. Feb. 23, 1823. 

156 

Peter ' {John," William,^ John," William,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born Nov. 2, 1777; married Jan. 3, 1802, Roxaline 
Dayton, born March 17, 1781 ; was still living in 1880. 

He removed from Watertown, Conn., to Harpersfield, 
N.Y., in 1806, where he died Nov. 12, 1857. 



126 



MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



Children : 



i. Roxana Emeline,* b. May 26, 1803. 

ii. Polly Amanda, b. Oct. 17, 1804; d. Dec. 15, 1835. 

Hi. Dorothy Louisa, b. April 22, 1806. 

360. iv. Charles John, b. Oct. 22, 18 12. 

V. Sarah Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1814. 

vi. Julia Brown, b. April 19, 18 18; d. June 20, 1848. 

vii. Hannah Fenn, b. May 29, 1820. 



167 

Oliver ' (John,^ William,^ John* William,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born at Watertown, Conn., Aug. 16, 1779; married 
first, Polly . She died Aug. i, 1830, aged 48. He mar- 
ried second, July 30, 1836, Celia Bunnell. She died in 1853, 
aged 65. 

He died at Harpersfield, N.Y., Jan. 21, 1857. 

Children : 

i. Alma,* m Nov. 27, 1828, David M. Coles. 

ii. Erastus; m. Maria , who d. Nov. 20, 1870, x. 52. 



159 

Ephraim ' {Benjamin,^ Joseph,^ John,* William,' Joseph,' 
William'), born in Wallingford, July 31, 1758; married 
Feb. 12, i784[?], Beulah Galpin. 

He was a fifer in Capt. Crouch's company, and marched 
from Wallingford, Conn., for the relief of Boston on the Lex- 
ington alarm, April 19, 1775. Resided in Meriden, Conn. 

Children : 

^ i. Bethiah,* b. July 5, 1784; m. (i) March 24, 1804, Theophilus 
Hall; m. (2) Ezekiel Rice. 

362. ii. Arba (a son), b. Jan. 13, 1788. 

iii. Hyla (a daughter), b. Feb. 2, 1790; m. Oct. 14, 1810, Nathaniel 
Shepard, of Kensington, Ct. 

363. iv. Ephraim Augustus, b. Feb. 10; 1792. 
v. Abigail. 

vi. Beulah, b. Feb. i, 1797. 
vii. Lucy, 
viii. Phebe. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 127 

100 

Aaron ' {Benjamin,^ Joseph,^ John," William' Joseph,' 
I'Villiam'), born at Wallingford, Conn., June 9, 1762; mar- 
ried Dec. 25, 1783, Esther, daughter of William and Mary 
(Oslxjrne) Merriam, who was born July 7, 1763, and died 
June 27, 1828. 

He resided till 1794 at his birthplace; then removed to 
Cazenovia, N. Y. ; was a farmer; he died Sept. 25, 1849. 

Children : 

i. Roxanna* b. Jan. 21, 1785; m. Oct., 1804, Sherman Rice; d. 

Aug, 21, 1841. 
ii. Salina, b. Jan. 30, 1787; m. Gridley; d. Aug. 8, 1849. 

364. iii. Zera, b. Oct. i, 1789. 

iv. Mary (Polly), h. July 13, 1791. 

365. V. Uri, b. Sept. 16, 1794. 

vi. Clarissa, b. Sept. 17, 1800. 
vii. Eliza, b. Dec. 12, 1802. 

366. viii. Cyrus, b. June 2, 1804. 

ix. Esther, b. Jan. 19, 1806; m. Childs; d. Nov. 20, 1881. 



161 

Benjamin ' (Benjanwi,'' Joseph,"" John,' William,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Meriden, Conn., April 22, 1770; married 
July 4, 1799, Lucretia Austin. 

He removed from Meriden to North Granby, Conn., in 1814. 

Children : 

i. Julia,* b. Sept. 29, 1800; m. Austin Brett, and d. Jan. 20, 1868. 

ii. Benjamin Ely, b. Dec. 6, 1801 ; d. unm. Aug. 10, 1835. 

367. iii. Elizur, b. Nov. 10, 1804. 

368. iv. Ahira, b. March 28, 1806. 

V. Samuel Austin, b. Oct. 13, 1814; d. Dec. 19, 1818. 



163 

Joseph' {Joseph," Joseph,^ John,* William,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born July 16, 1770; married Abigail Royce. 

Joseph Merriam, second, of Wallingford, made his will 
Feb. II, 1805. It was proved March 5, 1805; bequeathed 
to wife Abigail and his " children." 



128 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Harry,^ b. March 2, 1795; d. March 31, 1798. 

ii. Jerusha, b. Nov. 2, 1796; d. Dec. 3, 18 12. 

369. iii. Hubbard, b. Feb. 4, 1799. 

370. iv. Anson, b. May i, 1803. 

V. Joseph, b. March 15, 1805; d. unm. April 15, 1835. 



163 

AsAHEL ' {Joseph,^ Joseph,'' John,'* William,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born Oct. 21, 1778; married Jan. 11, 1802, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Thomas Merriam (No. 69). He died Feb. 
10, 1855. 

Children : 

i. Ann Eliza,^ b. Feb. i, 1803; m. William Merriam, son of Amasa; 

d. Jan. 17, 1858. 
ii. Joel Bain, b. Sept. 19, 1809; m. May 18, 1834, Betsey Evarts, 

of Guilford, Ct.; had no children; he d. Sept. 19, 1861. 
iii. Ruth, b. Sept. 16, 1812; d. unm. Dec. 3, 1842. 
iv. Asahel, b. Sept. 5, d. Oct. 17, 1814. 
V. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 1816; m. Oct. 20, 1836, Benjamin 

Page; res. at North Branford, Ct. 
vi. Lucv Lavinia, b. Julv 19, 18 18; m. William Baldwin; res. 

Bioomfield, N. J. 
vii. Jane, b. 1824; m. Lucinus Cook; res. Plainville, Ct. 



164 

Joseph Scovill » {Isaac," Joseph,^ John,'* William,^ Jo- 
seph,^ William'), born in Watertown, Conn., May 5, 1761; 
married Feb. 6, 1783, Susannah, daughter of Fitch and Abi- 
gail (Woodruff) Kimberly. 

Resided at Watertown, Conn. 

He was orderly sergeant of the 2d Co. in the 26th Regt. 
of Foot in 1787. 

He died Feb. 2, 1839; the widow died March 29, 1850. 

Children : 

372. i. Edward Scovill,* b. July 16, 1784. 

ii. Harvey, b. Sept. 14, 1785. 

iii. Sally, b. Oct. 4, 1786. 

iv. Anna, b. Aug. 17, 1788. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 129 

374. V. Chester, b. May 30, 1791. 

vi. Susan, b. Nov. 23, 1799; m. Nov. 13 [1822], Bryant Johnson; 
she d. Dec. 2, 1859. 

Child : Marshall Johnson ; res. Watertown, Ct. 

165 

James ' {Isaac,'' Joseph,^ John," William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born Aug. 25, 1763; married first, May 18, 1786, 
Olive Gurnscy. She died Feb. 8, 1797. He married second, 
1798, Betsey Parker. Slie died Jan. 14, 1813. He married 

third, Abigail , who died Nov. 17, 1813. He married 

fourth, Mrs. French. 

He was a man of liberal views. 

Resided at Watertown, Conn. 

Children : »^ 

375. i. Daniel Palmer,* b. in Watertown, Ct., Sept. i, 1799. 

ii. Almira, b.- ' - ^;': ' ; m. Hiram Sedg\vick; res. Weymouth, O. 
iii. Maria, b. ; m. Jan. 5, 1824, David Beach; res. Seymour, 

Ct. 
iv. Olive, b. ; m. at Watertown, Ct., Albert Carrington; rem. 

to Weymouth, O.; he d. there Jan. 24, i860; she d. May 3, 

1876. 

Child: George D. Carrington. 

Isaac {Isaac I" Joseph,^ John* William,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born Feb. 29, 1772; married Abigail Partrce, who 
was born in 1779, and died March 21, 1835. He died June 
8, 1824, at Watertown, Conn., where he had always lived. 

Children : 

i. John Arnold,* b. July, 1808; d. Jan. 16, 1809. 
ii. David A., b. in 1810; d. unm., June 15, 1853. 

167 

David Rice ' {Isaac,^ Joseph,^ John,* William,^ Joseph," 
William'), born June 8, 1774; married in 1797 Elizabeth 
Fenn, who died Nov. 18, 1842, s£. 65. He died Feb. 6, i860, 
at Watertown, Conn. 



130 



MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



Children : 



i. Sheldon,' b. in 1800; m. Dec. 2, 1821, Nancy, dau. of Philemon 

Bronson; he d. Sept. 25, 1827. 
ii. Belinda. 



168 

Elijah ' (Isaac,^ Joseph,^ John,-* William,^ Joseph," Will- 
iam^), born March 3, 1776; married Sally Parker, born 
Nov. 27, 1780, sister of Betsey, second wife of his brother 
James. She died Oct. 8, 1841. 

He died before that date. 

Children : 

i. Edwin P., b. 1807. 

ii. Julia S., b. Nov. 27, 1810; m. Oct. 3, 1829, Solon Spencer; she 
d. Aug. I, 184 1, leaving children. 



170 

Daniel Dowd ' (Marshall,'^ Joseph,"^ John,-* William,^ Jo- 
seph^ William'), born in Connecticut, May 21, 1783; mar- 
ried 

Removed to Jefferson County, New York, about 1806, 
and later to Denmark, Lewis County, N. Y., where he died 
about i860. His widow died about two years later, aged 72. 

Children : 

379. i. Royal Gardner,* b. July 12, 1810. 

ii. John Henderson; d. at Carthage, N. Y., about 1895. 

iii. Zelotes Fitch, d. in infancy. 

381. iv. Zelotes Doddridge, b. Jan. 2, 1818. 

V. Maria Fitch, b. about 1820; d. at Romeo, Mich., about 1903, ae. 
82. 

382. vi. Willis Gaylord, b. March 18, 1822. 

vii. Mary Parentha [Parthenia ?], b. about 1824; d. at Baraboo, 
Wis., about 1895. 



171 

Sylvester ' {Marshall,^ Joseph,^ John,-* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Wallingford (Meriden, Conn.), Sept. 
12, 1785; married Cynthia Johnson. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 131 

He was a carpenter; removed to Jefferson County, New 
York, and thence to La Grange, O., about 1824. 

He was in cavalry, and on duty at Sackett's Harbor in the 
War of 181 2; had two land warrants of 40 acres each, but no 
pension. He died at La Grange, O., May 6, 1862. 

Children : 

i. Phebe,» b. [i8n?]; m. Wtn. B. Dixon. 

383. ii. Stephen J., b. Nov. 8, 18 16. 

384. iii. Marshall S., b. Nov. 19, 18 18. 

385. iv. Eurotus Driggs, b. July 14, 1824. 
V. Cynthia M. ; m. Jerome Manville. 

386. vi. Porter H., b. July 31, 183 1. 

172 

Allyn ' {Christopher,'' Joseph,^ John* William,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Watertown, Conn., July i, 1779; mar- 
ried Keziah Dutton. 

He died in 1809. 

Children : 

i. Matthew Dutton," b. Jan. i, 1802; m. Jan. i, 1823, Emeline E. 
Walton ; removed to Burton, O. ; a daughter is said to have 
m. Albert Thrasher, and another Joseph Johnson. 

ii. George Allen, b. 1805; d. unm. Feb. 14, 1831. 

iii. Ann K. 

174 

John' {John,'' John,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Walpolc, N. H., Feb. 28, 1757; married at Surrey, 
N. H., Aug. 20, 1785, Esther Brockway, born March 20, 
1762. She died in New York. 

He was a farmer and blacksmith. Removed to Barton, Vt. 

Tradition has it that he was a soldier in the Revolution, 
having seven bullet-holes in his clothes without injury to 
himself on one occasion. 

He died Oct. 10, 1839. 

Children: 

390. i. William,* b. March 17, 1787. 

ii. John, b. Aug. 5, 1788; d. April 8, 1790. 

391. iii. Luther, b. April 24, 1790. 



132 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

iv. Esther B., b. Jan. 31, 1792; m. Benjamin Teel, of Barton; 
she d. Feb. 18, 1828. 

392. V. John, b. Aug. 26, 1793. 

vi. Caleb, b. May 26, 1795; d. Dec. 13, 1814. 

vii. Rufus, b. Feb. 14, 1797; d. Oct. 27, 1814. 

viii. Sabra, b. June 4, 1799; d. in New York. 

ix. Fanny, b. Aug. 3, 1801; m. Thomas O. May; d. July 15, 1850. 

X. Horace, b. May 22, 1803; d. Oct. 19, 1814. 

xi. Nancy, b. Feb. 5, 1805; m. Albert Leland; d. July 15, 1890. 

175 

Richard ' (John,^ John,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph," Will- 
iam^), born at Walpole, N. H., June 14, 1763; married 
Susan Skinner. 

Resided at Hartland, Vt. 

It is said that he was a soldier in the War of 1812, and that 
he died on the way home at Sackett's Harbor. 

Children : (incomplete, order unknown) 

Richard.* 

Seth. 

Gustavus, b. Jan. 4, 1792; m. Hannah Downes Meader, who 
was b. Dec. 14, 1804, and d. Sept. 26, 1877. Had 8 ch. 
He d. Aug. 28, 1876. Dau. Mary C. Merriam, of Addison 
(Vt.), wrote Aug. 9, 1899. [No further report.] 

Susan. 

Abner. 

Daniel. 

John. 

Mary, m. Dec. 8, 1823, Samuel Nye; she d. Nov. 30, 1829. 

176 

Daniel ' (John,^ John,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Walpole, N. H., Aug. 2, 1769; married Sally, 
-daughter of Ebenezer Bailey, of Westmoreland, N. H. 

Resided at Walpole, N. H. 

Children : 

i. Clarissa,* b. Feb. 28, 1797; d. unm. Sept. 17, 1865. "She 
had a remarkable memory; was able to repeat all of Watts's 
Hymns and much of the Bible." 

ii. Sarah, b. June 2, 1800; m. Josiah Emerson, of Alstead, N.H. 

iii. Rhoda, b. May 28, 1802; m. Daniel Emerson, of Alstead, 
N.H. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 133 

iv. Elvira, b. Oct. 20, 1805; m. (i) Wm. Goodnow, of Keene, 

N.H.; m. (2) Jos. Page; she d. Jan. 29, 1879. 
V. Eliza, b. Sept. 22, 1807. 
394. vi. Daniel, b. Feb. 28, 1810. 
vii. Albert. [?] 
viii. Emily E., b. March 17, 18 18. 



180 

RuFUS ' (Benjamin,'' Benjamin/ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Lexington, Oct. 28, 1762; married Aug. 
18, 1785, Martha, daughter of Joshua and Martha (Bowers) 
Simonds, born Oct. i, 1766. He was the first postmaster of 
Lexington under the United States government. Kept a 
public house for many years. He died May 7, 1847. His 
will, dated Feb. 5, 1846, proved June 29, 1847, provided well 
for the children. The widow Martha died May 8, 1849, 
leaving a will, dated April 5, 1848, in which she gave to her 
surviving daughters, the children of her daughter, Julia Ann, 
namely, Thomas Mcrriam, Julia Ann, Edward Gray, Abby 
Chandler, and Ellen Winslow Stetson ; made her daughter 
Mary Merriam and her grandson Thomas Merriam Stetson 
executors. 

Children : 

i. A child, d. Jan. 4, 1786. 

ii. Martha,** b. July 21, 1787; bapt. Dec. 7, 1788; d. unm. June 

8, 1863. 
iii. Rufus, b. Sept. 11, 1789; d. unm. Dec. i, 1868. 
iv. John Parkhurst, b. July 4, 1791; was interested in militia, 

and rose to the rank of colonel; d. unm. June 25, 1859. 
V. Eliza, b. Feb. 23, 1793; d. unm. Feb. 17, 1868. 
vi. Mary, b. Jan. i, 1798; d. unm. in Boston, March 6, 1890. 
vii. Emily (Emeline), b. Aug. 16, iScxs; d. unm. March 24, 1869. 
viii. Julia Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1804; m. Aug. 22, 1827, Rev. Caleb 

Stetson. 



185 

John' (John,'' Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at East Sudbury, Dec. 9, 1761; married Diana (some- 
times WTitten Dinah) Hudson, who was born July 31, 1766, 
died Nov. 5, 1843 



134 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He resided at Sudbury, Lexington, Lincoln, Springfield, 
and Fitchburg. Was a house carpenter. He died July 20, 
1843. 

Children : 

399. i. Samuel,* b. Sept. 5, 1787. 

ii. Abigail (Nabby), b. March 9, 1789; m. in 18 10, Peter Pride, 
b. in Manchester, Eng., a woollen manufacturer. They res. 
in Millville, Mendon, Watertown, and Fitchburg. 

Children : 

1. Eliza Pride. 

2. George Merriam Pride, b. March 14, 1814; by leave of the 

General Court in 1836 took the name of George Henry 
Merriam. Resided in Portland, Me., Brattleboro, Vt., and 
Boston. Insurance agent. 

3. William M. Pride. 

iii. John, b. Oct. 2, 1790; d. at Richmond, Va., unm. 1827. 

400. iv. George, b. Dec. 6, 1794. 

401. V. Abel H., b. Nov. 12, 1796. 

vi. Cynthia, b. at Lincoln, Aug. 25, 1798; d. Nov. 29, 1874; m. 
Samuel Willis. 

vii. William, b. at Lincoln, April 31, 1800. Removed to Rich- 
mond, Va. ; a ship-carpenter; m. Susan Blackwell, widow; 
had children who d. in infancy. 

402. viii. Francis, b. May 14, 1802. 

ix. Aaron Eames, b. Feb. 17, 1804; d. unm. at Richmond, Va. 
X. Lucretia Hudson, b. Dec. 5, 1807; d. unm. Oct. 17, 1844. 
xi. Emily Charlotte, b. July 11, 1809; m. Francis Wilcox; he d. 
in 1873; res. Clarendon Hills. 



186 

Lot' {John,'' Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), 
born in Sudbury, Dec. 16, 1763; married in Charlestown, 
April 28, 1 79 1, Abigail Goodwin. 

He was a housewright and ship carpenter. 

His widow died Nov. 9, 1853, ^g^d 85. 

Children : 

i. A son, b. in 1792; d. Aug. 31, 1793, £e. i yr. 

ii. Abigail,* b. June 18, 1794; d. June 4, 1821, x. 27. 

iii. Mary Bancroft, b. Sept. 5, 1796; m. Jan. 26, 1820, Benjamin 
W. Waitt. 

iv. Sally Davis, b. Feb. 20, 1799; m. May 15, 1825, James Has- 
tings, of Boston. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 135 

403. V. Lot, b. July 9, 1801. 

vi. Pamelia Wyman, b. Aug. 20, 1805; m. Aug. 12, 1824, Robert 

R. Turner, 
vii. Eliza, b. July 11, 1S08; m. July 13, 1830, Laban Turner, Jr. 

187 

Elisha' (Johftf Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Sudbury, Oct. 19, 1765; married Jane, daugh- 
ter of Nathaniel and Abigail ISIaynard ; her brother, Nathan- 
iel M., of Charlcstown, left land in which she sold her right, 
Jan. 6, 1802, in a quitclaim deed with her mother and other 
heirs. 

He was a housewright; resided at East Sudbury. He died 
before Jan. 7, 181 2, when William Merriam, then of Salem, 
but afterward of Boston, was appointed guardian of the three 
eldest children. April 14 following, the mother having also 
died, he became guardian of the remaining four children. 
All seem to have made their home with him in Boston. 



Children : 




Jane.* 


ii. 


Sophia, m. June 8, 1815, Walter H. Stone. 


404. iii. 


Elisha, b. Jan., 1798. 


iv. 


Charlotte. 


V. 


Abigail. 


vi. 


Lot. 


vii. 


Almira. 



188 

James' (John,^ Jonas, ^ John,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), lx)rn in Sudbury, May g, 1769; married first, Dec. 
13, 1790, Lucy Wilder Carter, born at E. Sudbury, May i6, 
1773; died June 28, 181 1. He married second, Oct. 10, 
1813, Lydia Woodward, born at Guilford, Vt., Jan. 12, 1791, 
died at Ware, Jan. 28, 1878. 

He was a carpenter and landowner, and the father of 23 
children; lived at Northfield. He died March 10, 1846. 

Children : 
406. i. Artemas,* b. Dec. 11, 1791. 

ii. Eunice, b. Jan. 6, 1793; d. April 8, 1810. 
iii. Eanny, b. Jan. 22, 1794; d. Jan. 2, 1810. 





IV. 




V. 




vi. 


407- 


vii. 


4o8. 


viii. 


409. 


ix. 




X. 




xi. 


410. 


xii. 




xiii. 


411. 


xiv. 




XV. 


412. 


xvi. 



136 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Lucy, b. 1797, d. Feb. 17, 1797. 
Lucy, b. May 4, 1798; d. Jan. 24, 1878. 

Eliza, b. April 6, 1800; m. John G. Morse; d. March 15, 1824. 
William, b. May 29, 1802. 
Loring, b. May 29, 1804. 
John P., b. Feb. 23, 1806. 
Emily, b. March 5, 1808; d. Oct. 10, 1810. 
Eunice Fanny Hooker, b. Feb. 2, 18 10; a teacher; d. unm. 
James, b. April 9, 18 14. 

Emily, b. March 29, 1815; m. Strong Hitchcock, of Warren. 
411. xiv. Charles, b. June 19, 1816. 

Asa W., b. Jan. 4, d. June 5, 18 18. 
Peter Hunt, b. Sept. 13, 1819. 

413. xvii. Lewis, b. March 4, 1821. 

414. xviii. Clark, b. Oct. 30, 1822. 

415. xix. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1824; d. unm. at St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 

29, 1848. 

416. .XX. Dwight, b. June 25, 1826. 

xxi. Albert, b. June 18, 1828. He went to New Orleans; was pro- 
prietor of a fine billiard hall and colonel of militia. On the 
breaking out of the war in 1861 he naturally entered the 
Confederate army. After the war he returned to New 
Orleans and rebuilt his business. He married; had no chil- 
dren; died about 1875. 

xxii. Elisha, b. June 23, 1830; d. at Ware, March 31, i860, unm. 

xxiii. Frederick, b. Sept. 21, 1835; d. at Ware, March 31, i860, unm. 

189 

William ' {Jokn,^ Janas,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born in Sudbury, Sept. 8, 1773; married in Salem, 
April 29, 1797, Margaret (Ives) Cheever, of Salem, widow 
of Samuel Cook. [Es. Inst. Coll. v. 236.] They resided in 
Salem up to 1804, when, as deeds of land show, they removed 
to Boston. He was a ship carpenter by trade; removed to 
Weston, and kept an inn; returned to Boston, and continued 
the business, his last place being " The Commercial Coffee 
House," corner Batterymarch and Milk Streets. He died 
May 31, 1831, providing liberally for the family. The daugh- 
ter, Margaret Ives, died in 1836, bequeathing her estate to 
her brother John Cook Merriam, nephew William Mer- 
riam Cook, niece Lydia Hatch, to three children of her de- 
ceased sister Eliza Renouf; to her brother Samuel Cook 
one-half the houses in Salem bequeathed her by her father, 
and certain bequests to her mother. The widow Anna made 
her will, March 12, 1836; and it was proved Oct. 14, 1844, 



SEVENTH GENERATION 137 

bequeathing to her sons Samuel and John, sister Margaret 
Flint, grandchildren Lydia, wife of Samuel Hatch and Will- 
iam Merriam Cook. Residue to son, Samuel Cook, and the 
children of her deceased daughter Eliza Renouf. 

Children : 

i. Eliza,* m. Feb. 19, 18 18, Edward Renouf. 

ii. William. 

iii. Margaret Ives, b. 1802; d. Feb. 10, 1836. 

iv. John Cook. 

190 

William' {William,'' Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), horn March 23, 1771; married at Harvard, Dec. 
2, 1792, Ruth, daughter of James and Sarah (Brewer) Fletcher, 
bom May 19, 1771. They resided some time at Chester- 
field, N. H. ; removed to Sterling; sold land there, June 17, 
1797, Ruth signing the deed with him. Made Sterling his 
home. 

He died in Sept., 1825. 

Children : 

i. Sarah (Sally),* b. Jan. 11, 1793; m. Josiah Pierce. 

ii. William, b. May 21, 1795; d. 1795. 

iii. Polly, b. .\\m\ 20, 1796; m. Levi Pierce, of West Boylston. 

418. iv. William, b. March 22, 1798. 

V. Betsey, b. June 7, 1800; m. Lothrop. 

419. vi. Abel, b. Jan. 24, 1802. 

vii. Daniel, b. March 20, 1804. 

viii. Phebe, b. Jan. 18, 1807. 

ix. Timothy, b. Feb. 4, 1809. 

X. Ruth, b. Jan. 10, 1813. 

191 

Jonathan ' {William,'' Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Lexington, Aug. 25, 1772; married in 
1802, Tryphena, daughter of Thomas Gleason, of Princeton, 
where Jonathan worked at his trade of shoemaker. They 
removed in company with several other families to Camden, 
Me., where he continued to reside. 

The wife died April 13, i860, aged 76. He died May 3, 
1835- 



138 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Thomas,* b. June lo, 1802; d. Aug. 10, 1804. 

420. ii. William, b. Aug. 15, 1805. 

421. iii. Ezra, b. Jan. 17, 1808. 

^iv. Sophia Tryphena, b. Feb. 18, 18 14; d. unm. Oct. 12, 1846. 
V. Jesse Gleason, b. Oct. 10, 18 16. 

422. vi. Abel, b. Feb. 16, 1820; m. Rachel D. Fuller. 

vii. Jonathan, b. Aug. 30, 1824; resided at .San Francisco, Cal. 
viii. Jonas, b. May 22, 1828; m. Abigail Woodman, of Alna, Me., 
who d. Aug. I, 1879. He was a caulker; res. at Rockport, Me. 



192 

Jonas ' {William^ Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Will- 
iam'), born in Lexington, Nov. 6, 1773; married first at 
Harvard, Oct. 27, 1799, Rachel, daughter of Silas Park- 
hurst. He married second, Mrs. Sarah (Shattuck) Bennett. 

Removed to Shirley. When his children were to receive 
a legacy in 1830, he was appointed guardian of Susan and 
Fanny, Silas P. being one of the sureties on his bond. After- 
ward removed to Leominster. 

Children : 

423. i. Silas Parkhurst,* b. Dec. 31, 1801. 

ii. Sarah, b. Jan. 6, 1808; a successful teacher; d. Feb. 21, 1847. 

iii. Susan, b. June 19, 1813; m. David Gillis, of Nashua, N.H. 

iv. Frances (Fanny), b. Aug. 18, 18 18; for many years a teacher 

of good reputation. 
V. Jennie Little, b. Dec. 9, 1831; m. Samuel Upton. 



193 

Abel ' {William,^ Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Lexington, March 13, 1775; married at New- 
ton, April 23, 1799, Lucy Chamberlain. She died Feb. 4, 
1825, aged 47. 

He was a farmer; resided in Brookline and Brighton. 

He died in Brighton, Dec. 9, 1827. Administration of his 
estate was granted Jan. 8, 1828, to his eldest son Abel, and 
distribution made Feb. 16, 1630, to the children, Abel, George, 
William, and Lucy. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 139 



Children ; 



424. i. Abel, b. Jan. 1800. 

425. ii. George b. 1803; d. Aug. 31, 1830, ae. 27. 

426. iii. William, 
iv. Lucy. 

194 

Abraham ' (Abraham,^ Jonas, ^ John,'' Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born in Lexington, May 19, bapt. 29, 1757; re- 
sided some years at Bedford; removed to Mason, N. H., 
about 1780; married first, at Bedford, April 6, 1778, Hannah 
Bowman; married second, Jan. 19, 1804, Mary LawTence. 
He died Jan. 18, 1806. The widow married second, June 25, 
181 5, Thomas Kenworthy. 

Children : 

428. i. Jonas,* b. at Bedford "of Abraham and Hannah," Nov. 20, 

1777- 

429. ii. Abraham, b. at Bedford, Feb. 14, 1779. 
iii. Lydia, b. at Bedford, Nov. 8, 1781. 

iv. Lydia, b. Oct. 15, 1784. 

V. Isaac, > . T-. o/: 

T u r b. Dec. i, 1786. 

431. VI. Jacob, i > / ■ 

vii. Hannah, b. May 31, 1788; m. Jan. 24, 1804, Thos. Wilson. 

viii. Enoch, b. Oct. 19, 1790. 

433. ix. Ephraim, b. Feb. 2, 1793. 

X. Jesse, b. Feb. 17, 1796. 

xi. John, b. Sept. 25, 1804. 

195 

Ezra' {Abraham,'' Jouas,' John,' Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Lexington, Jan. 15, bapt. 20, 1760; mar- 
ried Nov. I, 1785, Susanna, daughter of Oliver Eliot. Her 
father lived to the age of 104. 

Resided at Mason, N. H., near Pratt's Pond, afterward 
at his father's homestead. He was a soldier during the Rev- 
olution, and afterward drew a pension. 

He died June 21, 1827. 

Children : 

i. Susanna,' b. Aug. 16, 1786; d. Sept. 9, 1798. 

436. ii. Ezra, b. May 17, 1788. 

437. iii. Josiah, b. April 19, 1790. 



140 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

438. iv. Zadock, b. April 16, 1792. 

439. V. Samuel, b. March 31, 1794. 

vi. Sally, b. Nov. 5, 1796; d. June 6, 1799. 

vii. Nabby, b. Dec. 28, 1798; m. John Boynton, b. May 31, 1791; 
removed to Templeton; d. at Athol, March 25,1867. He 
bequeathed $100 to the Worcester County Free Institute 
of Industrial Science, and $10,000 to Mason, N.H., for the 
public schools. 

440. viii. Benjamin, b. May 13, 1801. 

ix. Susanna, b. April 3, 1803; d. unm. May 8, 1848. 
X. Patty, b. May 5, 1805; m. Ephraim Russell; went to Apple- 
ton, Wis., to live with her children after Mr. R.'s death. 

196 

Silas' (Abraham,'^ Jonas,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Will- 
iam'), born in Lexington, Feb. 6, bapt. 7, 1762; married 
Mary Elliot. 

He settled at Mason, N. H., about 1784; resided at Pratt's 
Pond with his brother Erza. 

The history of Mason says he " removed to Maine." 

He died before April 11, 1803, when Silas, his son, living 
in Westford, had Daniel Parker appointed his guardian by 
Middlesex Probate Court. March 24, 1807, Silas was ap- 
pointed guardian of Cheney. 

Children : 

441. i. Silas,* b. Feb. 14, 1785. 
ii. Polly, b. March 8, 1787. 

442. iii. Cheney Fiske, b. April 13, 1789. 

iv. Rebecca, b. Oct. 16, 1791; m. March 15, 1814, Aaron Holden. 

443. v. Asa, b. July 28, 1794. 

197 

Zadoc ' {Abraham,'' Jonas, ^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born in Woburn, baptized July 28, " ij-jG" [per- 
haps error for 1770]; married Mary [Pickett]. She died 
Jan. 27, 1822, aged 59. 

He was a truckman in Boston ; bought a place " in West 
Boston, near Beacon Hill," on Centre Street, March 8, 1798, 
paying part down and giving a mortgage for the balance; 
paid the incumbrance, and sold at an advance, Dec. 27, 
1800. They sold, Nov. 24, 1803, land in Marblehead, part 
of the estate of the late Joseph Pickett. 

He died in Boston, Aug. 13, 1822, " ae. 54." 




JUDGE NATHANIEL MERRIAM 



SEVENTH GENERATION 141 

198 

Silas' (Silas,^ Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William'), 
born in Middleton, July 3, 1769; married May 10, 1798, 
Hannah, daughter of Amos and Edith Upton, born July 15, 
1791; died March i8, 1835. 

He removed to Norw^ay, Me., where he was a pioneer, 
clearing land and carving out a farm. 

He died Aug. i, 1844. 

Children : 

444. i. Silas,* b. Jan. lo, 1800. 

ii. Andrew, b. Sept. 30, 1802; d. Feb. 17, 1824. 

iii. Amos, b. Feb. 13, 1807 ; m. Jane Wentworth. 

iv. Noah, b. Nov. 21, 1810. Said to have gone to Cahfornia. 

199 

Andrew (Silas, ^ Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Middleton, March 24, 1780; married first, 
Lydia, daughter of Dea. Francis and Margaret (Knight) 
Peabody, of Middleton. He married second (intention, 
April 29, 1815), Ann Jane Nixon. She died Oct. 17, 1834, 
aged 40 years, 6 months. He married third (intention, July 
13, 1839), Ann Burge, of HoUis. 

He was a physician; closed his long and useful life, April 
18, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Andrew Nixon,* b. May 23, 1816; became a teacher; d. unm. 
Feb. 20, 1843. 

445. ii. Francis Peabody, b. Jan. 20, 1818. 

446. iii. Silas, b. Dec. 10, 1819. 

447. iv. James Ni.xon, b. June 20, 1822. 

V. Martha Jane, b. March 24, 1824. 

448. vi. William Augustus, b. Jan. 4, 1827. 



201 

Jesse ' (Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), lx)rn in O.xford, June 4, 1755; married Nov. 
3, 1779, Deborah Pratt, of New Salem, where he resided. 
She died July 21, 1836, aged 82. He died Oct. 31, 1838. 



142 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

449. i. Rufus,^ b. Aug. ig, 1780. 

ii. Deborah, b. March 14, 1783; m. Salmon Chamberlain. 

450. iii. Benjamin, b. Feb. 9, 1785. 

451. iv. Jesse, b. June 7, 1787. 



202 

Ebenezee ' (Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Oxford, Dec. 4, 1764; married Nov. 
29, 1789, Phebe Stockwell, of Sutton. Resided on part of 
the old homestead ; was a brickmaker ; captain of militia. 

He died March 29, 1820; and the widow married second, 
Feb. 20, 1823, Andrew Parsons, of Vernon, Vt., and died in 
1849. 

Children : 

452. i. Amos,* b. May i, 1790. 

453. ii. Artemas, b. Nov. 7, 1791. 

454. iii. Amasa, b. March 14, 1793. 

455. iv. Parley, b. Feb. 14, i79S- 

V. Ebenezer, b. 1796; drowned at his father's brickyard in 1797. 

456. vi. Cyril, b. Feb. 7, 1798. 

457. vii. Luther, b. Oct. 30, 1799. 

458. viii. Ebenezer, b. May 5, 180 1. 

ix. Phebe,* b. Oct. 7, 1805; m. March 16, 1827, Rufus Eddy. 

459. X. Ira, b. Oct. 15, 1808. 

xi. Diantha, b. Dec. 15, 1810; m. (intention, March 14, 1829) 
Ithamar Stow, of Millbury. 

460. xii. Wright Stockwell, b. Dec. 16, 18 14. 



203 

William ' (Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born in Oxford, April 7, 1769; married first, 
Aug. 27, 1795, Ruth Eddy, of Ward. 

He married second, about 1801, Lucy, daughter of George 
Z. and Beulah (Martin) Hatstatt, born at New Salem, Jan. 
7, 1783. She survived him, and married second, Joshua 
Lincoln Merriam, No. 214, and died Jan. 9, 1880. Her father 
came *c this country as a Hessian soldier in the Revolution. 

William resided at New Salem; died about 1816. 

* Phebe Meriam m. at Oxford, April 29, 1826, Hiram (or Horace) Moffit. 



SEVENTH GEl^RATION 143 



Children : 



461. i. William Eddy,* b. Dec. 15, 1796. 

462. ii. Norman, b. Oct. 2, 1801. 

463. iii. Cyrus, b. July 17, 1803. 

464. iv. Lewis, b. June 4, 1805. 

V. Lucy, b. June 21, 1807; m. Obed. H. Washburn; d. Sept., 

1840. 
vi. Ermina, b. Oct. 4, 1809; m. Jan. i, 1833, Frederick Pierce; 

res. Petersham. 

Children : 

1. Lucinda Maria Pierce, b. Dec. 7, 1834; m. March 10, 1859, 

Henry Gray; she d. April 8, 1895. 

2. Lydia Ann Pierce, b. Nov. 10, 1836; m. Jan. i, i860, San- 

ford B. Cook; res. Petersham. 

3. William Henry Pierce, b. May 29, 1840; m. Nov. 27, 1867, 

Ruby L. Holden. 

4. Prentice Maynard Pierce, b. Sept. 18, 1845; m. Sept. 11, 

1870, Maria Goodnow. 

5. George Hartwell Pierce, b. Dec. 20, 1848; m. April 10, 

1873, Evel)'n G. McCurdy. 

6. Cyrus Merriam Pierce, b. April 30, 185 1; m. July 5, 1873, 

Kate Moshier. 
vii. Lucinda E., b. June 30, 1813; d. Sept. 20, 1833. 
viii. Leonard Brooks, b. Nov. 19, i8i6; d. Aug. 6, 1817. 
ix. Asa L., lived in N. Y.; d. unm. 
X. Harriet, b. ; m. Ellis. 



204 

Joel ' {Ebenezer,^ Ehenezer,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph," Will- 
iam'), born in Oxford, April 9, 1775; married first, Dec. 
7, 1800, Sarah, daughter of Jotham ' Merriam, No. 100. 
He was a farmer. He resided first in " the Gore " in O.xford, 
but removed in 1818 to New Salem. Sarah died Dec. 24, 
1822. He married second, in 1833, Phebe, daughter of Stci)hcn 
and Phebe (Merriam) Pratt, born 1779. She died in Middle- 
field, N. Y., June 23, 1870. He died at Greenfield, Jan. 
4, 1846. 

Children : 

i. Eliza,* b. Nov. 18, 1802; d. 1820. 

ii. Almira, b. Sept. 23, 1804; m. Obed Taylor; removed to Dex- 
ter, Mich. 
465. iii. Erastus, b. July 17, 1806. 



144 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

iv. Sarah Burnap, b. June 13, 1809; m. June 16, 1841, Peleg 
Adams. 

466. V. Joel Wilkins, b. Jan. 25, 18 11. 

467. vi. Jotham Addison, b. Feb. 25, 1813. 

468. vii. Lysander, b. March 18, 1816. 

viii. Lucy Anna, b. July 27, 1818; m. Oct. 8, 1846, David S. Has- 
tings, of Shelburne Falls; removed to Wisconsin. 

205 

Jotham ' {Jotham,^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born in Oxford, April 9, 1784; married Oct. 8, 
1820, Sophia (Shumway), widow of John P. Nichols. He was 
a farmer, a very estimable and honest man; made a justice 
of the peace, yet lacking in ability to change an opinion, 
even when others thought the evidence called for it. 

He resided on the old place some years; removed to Mon- 
son, and there his wife died Oct. 3, 1844. He removed to 
Clappville (Rochdale) ; died April 27, 1874. 

Children : 

i. Eliza Ann,^ b. Oct. 28, 1822; d. May 7, 1841. 

ii. Jotham Allen, b. June 8, 1824; d. Sept. 9, 1850. 

iii. Sarah Sophia, b. Jan. 7, 1827; m. Stephen Mouhon, of Cuba, 

N.Y. 
iv. Emeline Shumway, b. Oct. 28, 1828; was a school-teacher; 

d. March 14, 1877. 

206 

Reuben ' {Jotham,^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born in Oxford, Dec. 31, 1785; married Nov. 
I, 182 1, Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of Daniel and Rebecca 
(Jacobs) Tainter, of Sutton. 

He was a machinist and card manufacturer at Leicester; 
representative in 1834. His wife died Dec. 26, 1872. He 
died at Rochdale, April 27, 1874, within a few minutes of the 
death of his brother Jotham in an adjoining house. 

Children : 

i. Daniel Nelson,* b. Feb. 6, 1824; grad. Amherst, Coll., 1844; 

studied medicine; d. of consumption, unm., Aug. 30, 1850. 
ii. Sarah Eliza, b. Aug. 13, 1828, d. Jan. 15, 1829. 
iii. Ehzabeth, b. April 28, d. June 4, 1832. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 145 

207 

Silas ' (Jotham,^ Ebenezer,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Oxford, Feb. 5, 1792; married first, at West- 
borough, April 21, 1825, Mary Jacobs Forbes, born June 
I, 1798, died Nov. 11, 1835. He married second, Nov. 23, 
1836, Elizabeth (Temple) Batchelder, born Oct. 19, 1800, 
died March 6, 1843. He married third, Nov. 2, 1843, Har- 
riet Pamela, daughter of Samuel and Sukey (\''icary) Wat- 
son, born June 9, 1805. 

He was a cardmaker; lived at Leicester, Uxbridge, and 
afterward at Sutton. "He had the name of being one of the 
best of Christian men." He died April 13, 1856. His widow 
married Joseph S. Hutchins, of Danielsonville, Conn.; 
died Dec. 13, 1887. 

Children : 

469. i. George Dwight,* b. June 27, 1826. 

470. ii. Silas Austin, b. Aug. 13, 1828. 



209 

Jonathan ' (Joshua," Joshua,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Oxford, March 4, 1760; married Dec. 
23, 1788, Elizabeth Turner. 

Removed to Salem, then to Essex, N. Y., where he spent 
the rest of his life, and where descendants have continued to 
reside. Was an active and efficient man; a delegate at one 
time to the Presbyterian General Assembly. 

He died Jan. 31, 1842. 

Children : 

i. Jonathan,* m. Fannie Hall; d. about 1835. 

471. ii. Darius, b. about 1789. 

iii. Elizabeth. 

iv. William F. 



210 

John ' (Joshua," Joshua,' John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), horn in Oxford, Nov. 6, 1768; was brought up at his 
uncle James's in North Gore; married March 30, 791 1, 



146 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Hannah, daughter of John Nichols. He resided there till 
about 1819, when he removed to Charlton, where he died 
Oct. 22, 1840. His wife died May 11, 1856, aged 80, 2, 15. 

" His grandfather left him £()(), which was paid him by 
the executor James, Dec. 10, 1789, the receipt being witnessed 
by Marcy Meriam and James Meriam, Jr." [R. N. M.] 
His will, dated May 24, 1838, proved Dec. i, 1840, bequeathed 
his estate to his wife, his daughters Celia Eddy and Sophia 
Morse, granddaughters Sophronia N. Partridge (wife of 
Leonard), Mary Ann Eddy, Augusta Morse, and grandsons 
Rufus M. Eddy and William F. Morse. Mary Ann Eddy 
married Adams Boyden, and was thus registered among the 
heirs. 

Children : 

i. Celia Nichols,* b. Dec. 27, 1791; m. April 10, 1816, Parley 

Eddy, Jr. 
ii. Sophia, b. Feb. 16, 1793; i"- J^"- ^' 1813, Timothy Morse, 

Jr., of Charlton. A daughter, N. Augusta Morse, m. Rufus 

Dodge, Esq. 
iii. William, b. Aug. 20, 1795; d. 1802. 
iv. Rufus, b. 1800; d. Aug. 23, 1803. 
V. Syrena, b. July 24, 1807; d. Sept. 27, 1813. 



211 

James ' (James,^ Joshua,^ John,'* Joseph ^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Oxford, Feb. 15, 1775; married first, May 
27, 1801, Anna, daughter of Jotham Meriam (No. 90). She 
died Nov. 28, 1802, aged 22. He married second, in 1805, 
ZerMiah Rich, of Milford. She survived him and married 
second, Samuel McEwen. 

He removed first to Ward, and afterward to Milford, N. Y. ; 
later to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he died Dec. 3, 1823. 

His son Adolphus died in 1825, leaving a will dated March 
18, proved May 23, bequeathing his property to his " step- 
mother, Zeruiah McEwen, formerly Meriam," his brothers 
Cyrenius and Silas and his sister Elizabeth; specified some 
property in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in right of his 
deceased mother. The will was proved in Massachusetts 
and executed by his uncle, Jotham Meriam. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 147 



Children : 



Jrr} ^•'^-^3.18:0. 



i. Adolphus,^ b. April 5, 1802; d. April 3, 1825. 

ii. James Hamilton, b. July 7, 1806; d. Aug. 31, 1817. 

472. iii. Mason M., b. Dec. 20, 1808. 
iv. 

473- V; 

474. vi. Cyrenius, b. Jan. 2, 1813. 

vii. Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1815; d. April 20, 1835. 

viii. Silas, b. Feb. 25, 1815; d. Aug. 16, 1846. 

ix. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1822. 



212 

Thomas' (James,^ Joshua,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), lx)rn in Oxford, March 21, 1785; married Feb. 22, 
1813, Lucy, daughter of Isaac Stone, of Ward. She was 
born Dec. 6, 1789, and died at Holden, Dec. 9, 1857. 

He was a major of militia, representative to the General 
Court in 1843, and a justice of the peace. He died at Holden, 
Feb. 8, 1861, aged 75, 10, 17. 

Child : 

475. Isaac Stone,* b. Nov. 15, 1814. 

213 

Samuel ' (James,'' Joshua,^ John,* Joseph,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Oxford, Aug. 5, 1789; married April 2, 1817, 
Nancy Tyler, daughter of John and Lucretia (Putnam) Nich- 
ols, born Aug. 30, 1794. 

He resided on the homestead at Oxford. They celebrated 
their golden wedding, when the groomsman and bridesmaid 
were also present. He was a man of deep religious princi- 
ples, a good neighbor, a faithful, friendly man. 

He died April 8, 1871. The widow died Jan. 21, 1881, at 
Worcester. 

Children : 

476. i. Rufus Nichols, b. Jan. 14, 1818. 

ii. Lucretia Putnam, b. Sept. 8, 1820; a school-teacher many 
years; d. unm. Aug. 3, 1873. 

477. iii. James Lovell, b. Aug. 11, 1822. 

478. iv. Samuel Tyler, b. Aug. 29, 1824. 



148 MEERIAM GENEALOGY 

479. V. Thomas Spencer, b. Dec. 23, 1826. 

vi. Nancy Augusta, b. Feb. 20, 1829; m. Nov. 13, 1849, John 
Elmer Putnam, of Sutton; removed to Big Lake, Mmn., 
where he died Oct. 8, 1899. Mrs. Putnam writes from Big 
Lake, in May, 1906, reports their 8 children, 40 grandchil- 
dren (36 now living), and 7 great-grandchildren. 

Children : 

1. John Elmer Putnam, b. in Newton, Dec. 2, 1850; d. Nov. 

28, 1856. 

2. Jane Emily Putnam, b. in Oxford, Oct. 21, 1852; m. Nov. 

13, 1874, Morrill H. Dike; d. April 16, 1895. 

3. Mary Elizabeth Putnam, b. in O.xford, Jan. 28, 1855; d. 

Nov. 27, 1856. 

4. Elmer Eugene Putnam, b. at Big Lake, Minn., Oct. 3, 

1857; m. (i) Dec. 31, 1878, Julia Cordelia Putnam, who 
d. March 15, 1885. He m. (2) Nov. 7, 1885, Viola M. 
Putnam. 

5. Ella Lucretia Putnam, b. April 23, 1862; m. March 9, 

1883, Charles E. Moores. 

6. George Fayette Putnam, b. Sept. 23, 1864; m. Nov. 7, 

1885, Ellen Drew. 

7. William Henry Putnam, b. Feb. 24, 1867; m. Jan. 18. 

1893, Minnie Jane Hatch. 

8. Lilla Maude Putnam, b. Dec. 21, 1869; m. Dec. 21, 1893, 

George Washington Putnam. 

480. vii. Charles Henry, b. March 23, 1831. 

yiii. Lucy Ann, } ^ j^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^j gept. 7, 1834. 

IX. Julia Ann, > ■' -^ 

X. Horatio Bardwell, b. May 20, 1837; d. Oct. 15, 1838. 

214 

Joshua Lincoln' (Asaf" Joshua,^ John,'' Joseph? Jo- 
seph? William'), born in O.xford, April 6, 1783; married 
Oct. 26, 1819, Lucy (Hatstatt) Merriam, second wife and 
widow of William (No. 203). She died in Petersham, at the 
house of Sanford B. Cook, who had married her granddaugh- 
ter, Jan. 9, 1880, aged 98 years and 2 days. 

He died in New Salem, Feb. 7, 1869. 

Children : 

i. Harriet Schenck,* b. July 26, 1820; m. Edward Hammond Ellis. 

Child: Edward H. Ellis; res. Gardner, 
ii. Pamela Augusta, b. July 11, 1823; d. April 30, 1830. 
iii. Asa Lincoln, b. May 20, 1825; res. in New York city; d. m 
1882. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 149 

315 

Amos' (Amos,'' Amos,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), 
born at Winchendon, June 2, 1768; married June 7, 1789, 
Susan Knights. 

Resided at Leominster. 

Children : 

i. Susan,* b. Feb. 13, 1790; d. Sept. 25, 1815. 

ii. Luke, b. June 9, 1791; d. Sept. 7, 1792. 

481. iii. Amos, b. Aug. 10, 1792. 

iv. Betsey, b. Nov. 13, 1793; m. Francis Clarke. 

V. Sally, b. Aug. 25, 1796. 

vi. Laura, b. Oct. 27, 1799; m. David Phelps. 

vii. Nancy, b. March 5, 1802 ; m. .^rtemas Barnard; d. July 6, 1832. 

viii. Rachel, b. Oct. 22, 1806. 



216 

Jonathan ' {Amos^ Amos,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born in Winchendon, Oct. 4, 1770; married at Lynn- 
field, Feb. 19, 1795, Mary (Polly) Gowen (Gowing), born 
in Lynnfield, Feb. 18, 1770. She died Oct. 23, 1856. 

He made his home at Lynnfield till Nov. 13, 1814, when 
he and his wife were dismissed from the church to that at 
Leominster, whither he had removed. 

Children : 

i. Clarissa,* b. April lo, 1795; m. Aug. 3, 1824, Luke Wilder. 

482. ii. Thomas Gowen, b. May 9, 1797. 

483. iii. Alpheus, b. Feb. 8, 1799. 

iv. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1801; d. Sept., 1821. 

v. Joseph Gowen, b. Oct. 15, 1803; m. Dec. 29, 1836, Mary H. 

Wilder. No children, 
vi. Sally, b. Sept. 5, 1805; m. Sept. i, 1836, Edw. K. Lincoln, 
vii. Jonathan, b. jilarch 13, 1808; bapt. with 3 next older July 

6, 181 1 ; d. unni. Feb. 25, 1832. 

484. viii. George, b. Jan. 15, 1812; bapt. April 26, 1812. 

217 

Luther ' (.4 wo.s' Amos,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born in Winchendon, June i, 1779; married Dec. 
1802, Clarissa Chase. 



150 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

Resided at Leominster. 

He died before Sept. lo, 1810. [Probate papers.] Her 
will was entered for probate, June 4, 1861. 

Children : 

i. Mary,* b. June 19, 1804; m. Asa Newhall. 

ii. Clara, b. July 15, 1806; m. (i) J. Kendall; m. (2) Silas Hills. 

iii. Clarissa, b. April 11, d. Nov. 23, 1809. 

iv. Luther S., b. Oct. 16, 1810, d. unm. Nov. 17, 1875. 

218 

' Levi' {Levi,^ Amos,' John," Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William') 
born in Berlin, Aug. 8, 1781; married June 2, 1811, Mary 
B., daughter of Benjamin and Anna B. Stevens, born in Bos- 
ton, Dec. 27, 1787, died there July i, 1878, aged 90, 6, 5. 
He was of the firm of Merriam and Brigham. 
He died in Boston, March 11, 1831, aged 49. 

Children : 

485. i. Levi Benjamin, b. April 28, 18 12. 

486. ii. Charles Danforth, b. April 17, 18 14. 

iii. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 2, 18 16; m. June 27, 1838, George A. Bab- 
cock. 

iv. Ellen Antoinette, b. Jan. 18, 18 18; m. Jan. 26, 1847, Samuel 
Carter 

V. Sarah Stevens, b. July 25, 1820; d. Nov. 28, 1832. 

219 

Jonathan Danforth ' {Levi^ Amos,' John,'* Joseph,"^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Berlin, Oct. 8, 1789; married 
Polly Goss. 

They had no children, but are said to have taken several 
into their family and educated them. 

He died in Berlin, Nov. 13, 1850, aged 61, i, 5. 

220 

Robert ' (Robert,^ Joseph,' Robert," Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born March 29, 1772; married first, Oct. 17, 1805, 
Hannah Walker, born Sept. 23, 1780, died March 9, 1822. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 151 

He married second, Sept. 21, 1823, Elizabeth Luce, born 
March i, 1788. 

He was a carpenter and machinist. Resided at Pittsfield. 

He died Oct. 31, 1839. 

Children : 

i. Albert Walker,* b. Sept. 11, 1806; d. Aug. 24, 1839. 

ii. Sarah .\nn, b. Nov. 16, 1807; d. Sept. 18, 1808. 

iii. Robert Allen, b. Jan. 27, i8og. 

487. iv. William Atwood, b. .\pril 5, 18 11. 

V. George Buck, b. Nov. 21, 1812; d. April 7, 1834. 

vi. Sarah Allen, b. Jan. 26, 1815; d. Feb. 25, 1839. 

vii. Cornelius K., b. Jan. 17, 1817; d. Dec. 31, 1824, 

viii. Lorenzo, b. Sept. 23, 1819. 

ix. Infant daughter died Feb. 17, 1822. 



221 

Nathan ' {Robert,'' Joseph,^ Robert* Joseph,^ Joseph," 
William'), born at Tyringham, Nov. 25, 1775; married first, 
Jan. 12, 1806, Clarissa Brewer; he married second, i8io(?), 
Margaret Slater. She died June 14, 1848, aged 63. 

He went to Covington, N. Y., prior to i85i,and lived there 
with his daughter until his death, Nov. 25, 1855. He was 
a farmer. 

Children : 

i. Clarissa Louisa,* b. Feb. 25, 1807; m. Samuel Crocker; d. at 
Perry, N. Y. 
488. ii. Barnard States, b. Oct. 25, 1812. 



Joseph ' (Robert,'' Joseph,' Robert,* Joseph,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Pittsfield, Sept. 18, 1782; married Jan. 11, 
1804, Claris.sa Hudson, of Kinderbrook, N. Y., born June 
20, 1787, died Dec. 13, 1869. 

He removed alx)ut 1818 to Niagara Falls, N. Y. ; was a 
cabinet-maker and manufacturer of farming implements. 
He died March 15, 1866. 



152 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Edward Brown* b. Oct. 9, 1808; d. July 21, 1820. 

ii. Caroline Eliza, b. March 27, 1815. 

iii. Sarah Maria, b. April 19, 1817. 

iv. Henry Douglass, b. March 29, 1819; d. July 16, 1821. 

490. V. John Hudson, b. May 31, 1821. 

491. vi. James Hervey, b. Aug. 4, 1824. 

492. vii. Edward Douglass, b. Dec. 11, 1827. 

viii. Charles Wesley, b. Jan. i, 1831; d. May 3, 1855. 

224 

Samuel' (Samuel,'' Thomas,' Thomas,'' Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Lexington, March 25, 1757; married Jan., 
1785, Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Pierce) 
Fessenden. He was a shoemaker and farmer; resided in 
Westminster on the paternal estate; died June 31, 1838; 
Mrs. Merriam died May 11, 1842, aged 77. 

Children : 

i. Polly,* b. March 20, 1786; d. unm. March 4, 1855. 

ii. Child unnamed; d. in infancy. 

iii. Reuben, b. Oct. 31, 1790; d. June 24, 1792. 

iv. Betsey, b. Dec. 31, 1793; d. unm. Feb. 13, 1865. 



i infancy. 



225 



Nathan ' {Samuel,^ Thomas,' Thomas,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born in Lexington, April 29, 1764; married, 
1785, Abigail, daughter of Abner and Elizabeth (Darby) 
Holden. She survived him, and married second, Aug. 16, 
1796, Joel Whitney, by whom she had children. She died 
Nov. 18, 1848, aged 81. 

Nathan lived some time at Gardner, and again in West- 
minster. He died Aug. 15, 1794. 

Children : 

494. i. Joel,* b. Feb. 21, 1786. 

495. ii. Nathan, b. Nov. 27, 1787. 

iii. Reuben, b. May 15, 1790; d. June 7, 1808. 

496. iv. Asaph, b. March 20, 1792. 

V. Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1795; m. Farwell Cowell; d. Sept., 1830. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 153 

226 

Jonathan ' {Samuel,^ Thamas,^ Thomas* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ 
William'), born in Lexington, Feb. 22, 1767; married Bet- 
sey, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Harris. 

Resided in Gardner. 

He died of typhoid fever in Dec, 1826, two of his children 
also dying of the same disease within the month. The widow 
died in Fitchburg, May 31, 1867, ae. 92, 8, 5. 

Children : 

497. i. Jacob Harris,* b. Jan. 22, 1799. 

ii. Nathan, b. Aug. 7, 1800; d. Sept. 19, 1805. 

iii. Betsey, W., b. Aug. 7, 1802; d. Sept. i6, 1805. 

iv. Sally Harris, b. in Oct., 1804; d. unm. Aug. 15, 1838. 

V. Samuel H., b. May 16, 1808; d. in Dec, 1826. 

vi. Milton, b. June 20, i8io; d. in Dec, 1826. 

vji. Betsey, b. Nov. 17, 1813; m. John Milton Harris. 

991J 

Jonas ' {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Westminster, Nov. 21, 1765; married 
first, Anna, daughter of Eli and Lois (Stone) Clarke, of Hub- 
bardston. She died Oct. 4, 1831, aged 60. He married sec- 
ond, Sept. 9, 1832, Nabby Allen, of Princeton. He was a 
farmer. He and his brother Asa were renowned for their 
story-telling propensities. He died Oct. 30, 1857, aged 91. 

Children : 

498. i. Jonas,* b. March 21, 1790. 

ii. Lucinda, b. April 15, 1791; m. Benj. F. Wood. 

499. iii. John, b. Aug. 2, 1792. 

iv. Polly, b. Jan. 18, 1795; d. unm. May 4, 1831. 

V. Persis, b. Feb. 28, 1798; m. March 9, 18 18, Otis Ware; res. 

Barre; she d. July 20, 183 1. 
vi. Nancy, b. Sept. 27, 1801; m. Aaron Wood. 

500. vii. Clark, b. April 11, 1804. 

viii. Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1805; m. Nov. 13, 183 1, Otis Ware (his 

second wife); d. Feb. 13, 1888. 
ix. Thomas Wilder, b. Nov. 6, 1811; d. Nov. 3, 1832. 



154 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



228 



Asa ' (Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ 
William'), born in Westminster, May 8, 1772; married 
May 18, 1797, Lucena, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Read) 
Puffer. She died Sept. 11, 185 1, aged 80. He resided in his 
native town; died Feb. 8, 1836. 



Children ; 



SOI. 


ii. 


502. 


iii. 


503- 


iv. 




V. 




vi. 




vii. 




viii 



Sally,* b. March 18, 1798; m. George Adams ; d. Oct. 12, 1883- 

Asa, b. July 7, 1799. 

Thomas, b. July 23, 1801. 

Reed, b. Oct. i, 1803. 

Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1807; m. Stephen H. Stearns. 

Lucena, b. March 13, 1809; m. B. Franklin Murdock; d. Jan. 

2, 1840. 
Farwell, b. March 8, 1811; d. unm. Jan. 20, 1836. 
Betsey, b. April 24, 18 14; m. J. Nelson Minott; d. Feb. 8, 1887. 



229 

Nathaniel ' {Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born Feb. i, 1768; married May 18, 
1794, Mary Townes, born May i, 1770, died April 25, 1824. 

He was a grocer in Boston; clerk of Faneuil Hall Market 
some time. 

He died in 1823. 

Children : 

i. Mary A. G.,* b. March, 1795; d. Jan., 1796. 

ii. Mary Ann, b. Oct., 1796; d. March, 1854. 

iii. Caroline, b. March, 1799. 

iv. Harriet, b. Jan., 1801 ; m. 1827, James Fowle, " The only one 
of the children who married." 

V. Nathaniel, b. July, 1802; d. unm. Feb. 2, 1885. Was long con- 
nected with the Mercantile Insurance Co., of Boston. He be- 
queathed his estate to his sisters, Caroline and Hannah 
Merriam; to Harriet, widow of Jerome F. Howland; Caroline 
Louisa, dau. of the late James Fowle; Emily Adeline, wife 
of Geo. W. Dean; Benjamin Merriam, of Ro.xbury, and others. 

vi. William T., b. Dec, 1803; lost at sea, 1837. 

vii. Julia Ann, b. Oct., 1805; d. 1854. 

viii. Edward P., b. Sept., 1807; d. unm. 

ix. Hannah, b. July 30, 1809. 

X. Adeline, b. April, 1812; d. Dec, 1841. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 155 

230 

Benjamin ' {Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,^ Thomas* Joseph,^ 
Joseph' William'), born in Brookline, June 5, 1771; mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of Michael and Mary Harris, of Need- 
ham, Nov. 24, 1816. She died Feb. 17, 1873, aged 91 years, 
I month, and 3 days. 

He died in Roxbury, March 19, 1852. 

Children : 

504. i. Benjamin,* b. in Ro.\bury, June 25, 18 19. 

ii. Abigail, b. Sept. 10, 1823; d. in Plymouth, N. H., June 29, 
1893. 

231 

Abijah ' (Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,' Thomas,* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph' William'), born in Brookline in 1777; married Nov. 
21, 1805, Caty Coburn. 

He and his wife sold a tract of woodland in Framingham, 
Jan. 30, 1810. 

He acquired the tide of major. 

He died at West Roxbury, July 10, 1852, aged 75. 

Children : 

i. Catherine,* b. Sept. 21, 1806; d. unm. July 3, 1871. 

505. ii. Abijah Seaver, b. Oct. i, 1808. 

iii. William, b. Aug. 16, 18 10; d. unm. Oct. 4, 1885. 

506. iv. Charles H., b. 1813. 

V. Louisa, b. 1821; d. Oct. 11, 1823, a;. 20 mos. 
vi. Samuel, d. July i8, 1824, ac. i mo. 

233 

David ' (Isaac, ^ Isaac,' Thomas,* Joseph,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Concord, Jan. 28, 1760; resided from child- 
hood at Ashburnham. Was a soldier in the Revolution. He 
married first, Nov. 21, 1782, Phebe, daughter of Moses Fos- 
ter, Jr., born in A., April 29, 1764. She died April 7, 1794. 
He married second, Feb. 10, 1795, Elizabeth (Betty), daugh- 
ter of Ebenezer Conant, Jr., born in A., March 15, 1775. 
She died June 3, 1842. 

He was a farmer, " a man of uncommonly mild and quiet 



156 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

temperament," often in responsible town offices, and long 
a deacon of the church. 

He removed about 1783 to Brandon, Vt., and passed the 
remainder of his life there. He died Feb. 15, 1849. 

Children : 

i. Phebe,* b. Dec. 26, 1783; m. Dec. 8, 1801, Michael Brown. 
508. ii. David, b. June 9, 1786. 

iii. George Washington, b. Oct. 4, 1787; m. in Granville, N. Y. 
Polly Cheney; d. at Empire City, Kan., July, 187 1. 

510. iv. Isaac Foster, b. July 27, 1590. 

511. V. Cyrus, b. July 14, 1793. 

vi. Betsey, b. Sept. 13, 1796; m. Jan. 5, 1815, David Kelsey. 
vii. Alvin, b. March 26, 1802; d. Sept. 9, 1826. 
viii. Angeline E., b. July 18, 1808; m. June i, 1836, Leonard D. 
Jenney. 

513. ix. Daniel Dodge, b. Feb. 9, 1812. 

234 

Isaac ' (Isaac, ^ Isaac,' Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Concord, Jan. 29, 1762; married Betsey 
Waite, who was born April 8, 1765. He removed from Ash- 
burnham to Northumberland, N. H., and later to Jackson, 
N. Y., where he died Feb. i, 1853. 

He was a hatter ; was a soldier in the Revolution. 

Children : 

514. i. David,* b. May 5, 1790. 

515. ii. Isaac, b. Feb. 24, 1792. 

iii. Betsey, b. March 2, 1794; m. Oct. 8, 18 18, Lynn Bowker. 
iv. William, b. March 21, 1796; d. July 5, 1814, at the battle of 
Chippewa. 

516. V. Jonas, b. Sept. 15, 1798. 

517. vi. Benjamin, b. Sept. 15, 1801. 

518. vii. Joseph Waite, b. Aug. 27, 1803. 

viii. Sarah, b. March 31, 1808; m. Dec. 16, 1828, Harvey Rice, 
of E. Salem, N. Y. 



235 

Jonathan ' (Isaac,^ Isaac,' Thomas," Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born in Concord, July 6, 1764; married Nov. 
6, 1788, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer, Jr., and Lydia (Oaks) 



SEVENTH GENERATION 157 

Conant, born Feb. 2, 1773. She died at Springfield, N. Y., 
May 2, 1839. He resided at Ashburnham some time; was 
a captain of militia. Removed with other families to Bran- 
don, Vt., about 1800; died March 26, 1826; selectman; 
deacon of Baptist church. 

Children : 

519. i. Isaac,* b. Oct. 25, 1789. 

520. ii. Jonathan, b. Nov. 5, 1791. 

iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1794; m. June 19, 1818, Samuel Waite. 

iv. Lydia Conant, b. Nov. 5, 1796; m. Jan. 28, 1823, Jacob Powers, 

of Brandon, Vt. ; d. Oct. 19, 1830. 
V. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 15, 1800; d. June 19, 1803. 
vi. Calvin, b. Sept. 16, 1803; d. Dec. 4, 1803. 

521. vii. Abel Woods, b. Dec. 24, 1804. 

viii. Rollin Charles, b. Oct. 5, 1807; d. at Forestville, N. C, April 

9. 1837- 

522. ix. Mylon, b. July 5, 181 1. 



236 

Benjamin ' {Isaof.^ Isaac,^ Thomas* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born July 9, 1767; married Dec. 7, 1797, Sally 
Kendall. 

He was a merchant; removed from Brandon, Vt., to Ma- 
lone, N. Y., and died there May 16, 1823. 

Children : 

523. i. Silas,* b. 1798. 
ii. Lucy. 

iii. Almira. 

524. iv. John, b. March 7, 1806. 

525. V. Benjamin Franklin, b. Feb. 7, 1808. 
525a. vi. William, b. Feb. 8, 1810. 

525b. vii. Isaac, b. Dec. 4, 181 1. 



237 

Joshua ' (Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Tho)nas,* Joseph,' Joseph," Will- 
iam'), born in Ashburnham, Nov. 11, 1775; married March 
II, 1799, Sally Buell, born Jan. 12, 1779. 
" He taught school some, and was a great singer." 
Resided at Morristown, Vt., many years. A house and 



158 



MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



shop he buiU there about 1816 are still standing. He was 
commissioned captain Aug. 25, 1813; was stationed at 
Portsmouth, N. H. ; resigned July 17, 1815. He was a fur- 
rier and hatter, tanning and preparing skins and furs, mak- 
ing felt and hats. 
He died March 13, 1862. His widow died Dec. 13, 1870. 

Children : 

i. Lavinia,^ b. Nov. 22, 1799 ; m. March 2, 1826, Noble A. Vaughan, 
of Plattsburgh, N. Y. She d. April 8, 1862. 

Child: 

Sally Maria Vaughan, m. Allen Chappel; son, George Mil- 
ford Chappel; U. S. Weather Bureau, Des Moines, la. 

526. ii. Isaac, b. April 24, 1801. 

iii. Rebecca Buell, b. March 3, 1803; m. March 3, 1828, Arnold 
Darling. She d. Dec. 28, 1839. 

527. iv. Selden, b. Dec. 12, 1805. 

V. Minerva, b. May 4, 1808 ; m. Elias A. Keeler. 
vi. Sarah Stone, b. Dec. 3, 18 10; d. Dec. 23, 18 15. 

238 

Jonas Davis ' (Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Thomas," Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born in Ashburnham, April 25, 1780; removed 
with the family when very young to Brandon, Vt. He mar- 
ried Sept. 28, 1801, Lois Davis. Resided at Rumney, N. H. ; 
was a hatter. 

He made a record of the family in black, red, and gold, 
which has been carefully treasured. [Mrs. Betsey Conant 
(Merriam) O'Hara, of Morrisville, Vt., speaks of it in letter, 
Feb. 25, 1906.] 

Children : 

i. Christiana P.,* b. June i, 1802; m. Manasseh Norris. 
ii. Fernandez, b. April i, 1804; d. July i, 1896. 

528. iii. Herschell Park,* b. Feb. 15, 1807. 

iv. Lucinda D., b. Feb. 20, 1809; m. John Robbins. 

V. Louisa M., b. Dec. 5, 1811; d. Jan. 26, 1831. 

529. vi. Horatio Shakspeare, b. Oct. i, 18 16. 

530. vii. Horace, b. March 11, 1822. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 159 

240 

John' {John,'' John,'' John,* John,' Joseph,' William^), 
born in Concord, Aug. lo, 1758; "removed to Topsfield 
in December, 1783;" married first, Hannah Jones, who 
died Feb. 20, 1806, aged 43. He married second, Sept., 1808, 
Mary Stiles. 

He was a physician. Bought a tract of land in Topsfield 
in 1 781, and another in 1796, on which he erected a house 
which was standing at the commencement of this century. 

He died of consumption, Nov. 21, 1817. 

His widow Mary died at Boxford, Dec. 24, 1825, aged 62. 

Children : 

532. i. Royal Augustus," b. Jan. 30, 1786. 

533. ii. Frederick Jones, b. Dec. 8, 1788. 

iii. Almira, b. Jan. 25, 1791; d. of consumption, Feb. 12, 1839, 



unm. 



241 

Jonas' {John,'' John,^ John,* John,' Joseph,' William'), 
born in Concord, Jan. 27, 1764; " came to Topsfield in Sept., 
1786;" married Nov. 24, 1789, Mchitabel, daughter of 
John and Hannah Peabody. She died in Portsmouth, N. H., 
Dec. I, 1849, 'iri<J ^^'^s buried at Topsfield. 

He was a blacksmith and a lieutenant of militia. 

Children : 

i. Hittv,* b. April 12, 1793; m. (int., Nov. 5, 1815), Aaron Conant, 

Jr. 
ii. Jonas, b. April 27, d. June 26, 1796. 

iii. Polly, b. April 26, 1798; bapt. with Hitty, Aug. 15, 1802; m. 
at Rowley, Sept. 17, 1816, Asji Bradstreet. 
534. iv. Jonas, b. May 12, bapt. June 12, 1803. 



242 

John ' {John,'' John,'' Nathaniel* John,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Bedford, Aug. 28, 1774; married in Lex- 
ington, Dec. 3, 1799, Mary, daughter of Nathan and Mary 
(Page) Reed. He was a farmer in Bedford, a leading citizen, 



160 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

a justice of the peace ; prominent in the laying out of Shaw- 
shine Cemetery, for which he gave $ioo. He died Sept. 19, 
1853. The widow died Aug. 14, 1855, aged 77. In his will he 
provided well for his children and grandchildren ; made his son 
Eldridge and son-in-law Adams executors. Eldridge also 
settled his mother's estate. 

Children, recorded at Bedford : 

535. i. Eldridge, b. Feb. 8, 1802. 

536. ii. John Augustus, b. Dec. 20, 1803. 

iii. Mary Adeline, b. March 3, 1806; d. April 28, 1807. 

iv. Hiram Reed, b. Aug. 5, 1808; d. unm. March 29, 1850. 

V. Mary Adehne, b. Jan. 28, 1812; m. March 7, 1833, Joseph 
B. Hodgman. Her son, Charles Otis Hodgman, was a lega- 
tee of her father. 

vi. Susan Frances, b. Oct. 20, 1818; m. in Bedford, April 25, 
1841, Dr. Abel B. Adams. 

Child : 

Edward B. Adams, a legatee of Mr. Merriam. 

243 

William Bellamy ' (WiUiam,'' John,^ Nathaniel,'* John,^ 
Joseph' William'), born in Bedford, Feb. 2, 1779; married 
May 16, 1801, Rebekah Cook, daughter of Rev. Phineas 
and Lydia Whitney, born Sept. 2, 1783, died Sept. 12, 1874. 

He resided in 18 12 at Plattsburgh, N. Y., and about 1814 
removed to Essex, N. Y. He was a bright, cheery, genial man, 
with a kind, pleasant word for all with whom he came in 
contact ; was a deacon in the Presbyterian church. 

A descendant has furnished us the following lines as an 
illustration of the wit and rhythm of his ancestor. They were 
written on a sort of " family tree " that has come down through 
several generations. 

ON LIFE 
By William Bellamy Merriam 

" Our life is somewhat like a winter's day; 
Some only stop for breakfast, then away. 
Others wait dinner and depart full fed ; 
The longest age but sups and goes to bed. 
Large is his debt who lingers out the day; 
Who goes the soonest has the least to pay." 

He died Aug. 6, 1863. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 161 



Children : 



537. i. William Strong,* b. Feb. 15, 1802. 

ii. Rebekah Louisa, b. March 6, 1805; m. William Ismond; 

d. May, 1854. 
iii. Susannah Wright, b. May i, 1807; m. William Mclntyre; 

she d. May 8, 1855. 

538. iv. Albert Lafayette, b. Feb. 20, 18 10. 



244 

JoSEPHUS ' (William,'' Jolin,^ Nathaniel,'' John,^ Joseph," 
William'), born in Bedford, March 10, 1785; married Oct. 
to, 181 1, Betsey Rand, of Stow, born July 6, 1792. 

He made his home in Bedford a numlx'r of years. Re- 
sided at Essex, N. Y., about 1813; later removed to Fitch- 
burg. 

He died July 30, 1828. The widow died Sept. 8, 1870. 

Children : 

539. i. Joseph (Josephus) Rand,* b. Dec. 24, 1812. 

ii. William Jackson, b. Feb. 11, 1815; a druggist at Fitchburg; 

d. unm. 
iii. Esther Abigail, b. May 20, 1818; m. Feb. 9, 1848, James B. 

Lane, druggist. 

540. iv. David Howe, h. July 3, 1820. 

541. V. Charles Henry, b. March i, 1822. 

vi. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 7, 1825; m. May 7, 1846, Hiram W. Pitts, 

cotton manufacturer, 
vii. Lucy Elizabeth, b. March 17, 1828; m. Dec. 2, 1847, Charles 

Livermore, boot and shoe dealer. 



245 

Joseph ' {Joseph^ Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Grafton, June 7, 1771; married first, Aug. 
28, 1794, Sally Wctherbcc, born Sept. 10, 1773; died Oct. 
26, 1810. He married second, March 1, 1812, Sally, daugh- 
ter of David W. and Polly (Rawson) Leland, born Dec. 17, 
1784; was living in 1879. He died June 3, 1869. He also, 
like his father and grandfather, was a deacon of the Congre- 
gational church. Was also a major in the town militia; was 
a master mason a number of years. 



162 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Sally,* b. Feb. 21, 1795; m. Ephraim McNamara. 

542. ii. Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 1796. 

iii. Hannah P., b. Aug. 28, 1798; m. Joseph Batcheller. 

543. iv. John H., b. Dec. 27, 1800. 

'''■ vi. ChalTte, 1 ^ Feb. 8, 1807, } ^ j^^.p^ Leland. 
545. vii. David Edwm, b. July 28, 1814. 

246 

John H ' (Joseph,^ Joseph,' Joseph* John,' Joseph,' 

William'), born in Grafton, Aug. 4, 1777; married Sally 
Goddard. 

He commanded the schooner Elizabeth City, and was cast 
away in a gale on the way to Charleston, S. C, in October, 
1811. 

Child : 

John G., b. ; entered the Union army early in the War 

of the Rebellion; was lieutenant of cavalry; died at Wash- 
ington, D. C, Sept. 23, 1862, of wounds received in battle; 



unm. 



247 

Timothy ' (Timothy,^ Joseph,' Joseph,* John,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Grafton, Sept. 27, 1783; married first, 
Sally Adams. He married second, Feb. 7, 1821, at Millbury, 
Lucy, daughter of Jacob and Eleanor (Moore) March. She 
died Aug. 9, 1863, aged 63 years, 4 months, 7 days. 

He died April 12, 1855. 

Children : 
546. i. Timothy Harrison,^ b. April 10, 1810. 

ii. Sarah A., b. Jan. 7, 1813; m. (int. at Westborough, March 16, 

1833) Joseph J. Nurse, 
iii. Angehna, b. 1825; m. Nov. 11, 1847, Abram H. Temple, of 
Rutland, born in 18 19. 

348 

Tarrant ' {Timothy,^ Joseph,' Joseph,* John,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Grafton, May 31, 1786; married first, 
Anna, daughter of Noah Kimball, of Grafton, born July 



SEVENTH GENERATION 163 

30, 1789, died July 3, 185 1. He married second, Jan. 12, 
1853, Abigail R. Houghton. She died Jan. 19, 1878. 

He resided at Grafton; lived awhile at Shrewsbury; was 
a farmer; died at Grafton, Jan. 28, 1872. 

Children : 

547. i. Noah Kimball,* b. May 18, 181 1. 

ii. Mary Ann, b. July 17, 1812; m. July 10, 1838, John M. Le- 

land; she d. Sept. 3, 1850. 
iii. Elizabeth Wood, b. Jan. 10, 18 16; m. Nov. 22, 1836, Samuel 

Flagg. 
iv. Sarah Putnam, b. Dec. 29, 1817; m. Oct. 12, 1841, William 
^ Morton. 

V. Caroline Elliot, b. May 9, 1820; m. May 31, 1843, Jonathan 

Brigham Sibley. He was city marshal of Worcester in 1872. 

Mrs. Sibley is remarkably well and active for her years, in 

full mental force in 1906, in her Worcester home. 

Children: 

1. Ella Morton Sibley, b. Dec. 28, 1848. 

2. Albro Morrison Sibley, b. Jan. 29, d. July 16, 1856. 

vi. Hannah Maria, b. at Shrewsbury, June 5, 1822; m. April 31, 
1844, William H., son of Franklin and Julia Thompson. 

548. vii. Jose])h Augustus, b. at Shrewsbury, Dec. 23, 1823. 

549. viii. John Quincy, b. Dec. 26, 1825. 

i.x. Frances Emeline, b. Jan. 10, d. Sept. 4, 1829. 



260 

Joseph ' (Timothy,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' Johii,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in (kafton, Oct. 15, 1797; married in Madi- 
son, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1826, Emclinc BidwcU, formerly of Farm- 
ington, Conn., born alx)ut 1800. Her brother. Rev. W. II. 
Bidwell, was very eminent as a preacher, editor, and publisher, 
being identified with the Nalianal Preacher, Eclectic Maga- 
zine, Neii' York Evangelist, and other periodicals of high 
standing. Another brother, Oliver Bidwell, was publisher 
of maps of foreign countries where American missionaries 
were at work. 

She was every way a helpmeet of her husband in his 
pioneer ministerial work. 

He was graduated at Brown University in 1819, and at 
Andover Theological Seminary in 1822; travelled to Rich- 
mond, Va., for missionary service in a one-horse wagon, 



164 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

and labored over a year ; then went West, and was ordained 
pastor of the Congregational church at Randolph, Ohio, 
Jan. 7, 1824. He continued in the pastorate sixty-four years, 
though the people gave him an assistant for parts of the work 
in the later years. 

He went into a region of primitive conditions. When 
prayer-meetings were held at his house, people would bring 
torches made of shagbark hickory, and light them at the 
open fireplace as they were starting for home, so as to see 
their way through the woods. Forty annual " donation par- 
ties " were held at his parsonage, and were occasions of much 
joy to pastor and people. He endeared himself to his flock 
by self-denying labors, but refused to take wine even at wed- 
dings, and in other ways led off in progressive, ethical, and 
moral movements. Mrs. Meriam was a remarkable woman, 
of great energy and good judgment, very efficient as a pas- 
tor's wife. She received her education at Burton, ^ Ohio, 
not ashamed to do housework in the family of the principal 
of the school to pay for her board. At eighteen she taught 
a large day-school; and, seeing the community destitute 
of religious teaching, she instituted and carried on a Sabbath 
school of seventy pupils, although she had never seen a school 
of the kind. 

Mr. Meriam's pastorate was the longest in the_ United 
States over one church, on record up to that time, it is be- 
lieved. He died May 7, 1888. 

Children : 

550. i. Joseph Bidwell,* b. Jan. 21, 1827. 

ii. Emeline Antoinette, b. Aug. 27, 1829; graduated at the Fe- 
male Seminary, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1848 ; taught 4 years 
in schools of high grade; m. Oct. 3, 1854, Dr. E. D. Burton, 
of East Cleveland, Ohio. She d. March 2, 1906. 

Children : 

1. Frederic Darwin Burton, b. Aug. 20, 1855; the third " Doc- 

tor Burton" in direct descent in the same community; 
for several years physician at the asylum at Newburg. 

2. Elizabeth Antoinette Burton, b. Dec. 25, 1856; grad. Welles- 

ley College; teacher at Painsville Seminary. 

3. Martha Washington Burton, b. Feb. 22, 1859; studied at 

Wellesley; the four sisters have visited several countries 
of Europe. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 165 

4. Jessie Anna Burton, b. Oct. 21, 1861; studied at Welles- 

ley; is prominent in church and S. S. work. 

5. William Meriam Burton, b. Nov. 17, 1865; grad. Johns 

Hopkins Univ.; travelled in Europe; is now superin- 
tendent of Standard Oil Works at Whiting, Ind. 

6. Bertha Bidwell Burton, b. June 25, 1869; m. Alexander 

Lyman, a prominent R. R. lawyer, of New York City; 
they have a beautiful home on Staten Island. 

7. May Frances Burton, b. March 17, 1872; m. William Barnes, 

of Chicago, 111. 

551. iii. Theodore Frelinghuysen, b. Jan. 6, 1832. 

552. iv. William Morrison, b. Feb. 24, 1835. 

v. Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1838; d. at the age of 14. 

251 

John ' [John,'' Samuel,' Joseph* John,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Concord, Jan. 22, 1778; married Eliza, 
daughter of Capt. John Prentiss, Ijorn in Wendell, June 19, 
1786, died July 13, 1847. 

He resided at Pittsford and Rutland, Vt. ; removed to 
Lexington, Ky., then to Paoli, Ind., where he died June 2, 
1837- 

Children : 

i. Eliza A. P.,* b. Dec. 9, 1806; m. (i) May i, 1821, Charles 
Brown; m. (2) John Wise, of Vincennes, Ind. 

Children: 

1. Mary Elizabeth Brown, b. May 5, 1825. 

2. Ann Caroline Brown, b. Sept. 25, 1828. 

ii. Mary Caroline, b. in 1810; m. Lewis Brooks, of Boston. 

Children : 

1. Eliza D. Brooks, m. Augustus Wise, of Vincennes, Ind. 

2. Caroline Brooks, m. Benjamin Champney, artist. 

iii. Helen Sophia, b. 18 16; m. Nov. 27, 1834, William D. Lewis, 
of Philadelphia, Pa.; she d. April 26, 1879. 

Children : 

1. John Meriam Lewis. 

2. William D. Lewis. 

3. Helen F. Lewis, m. Wilson M. Jenkins. 

ChUdren : 

(i) Hannah Jenkins. 

(2) Mary Moore Jenkins. 

(3) Wm. Lewis Jenkins. 

(4) Helen Jenkins. 



166 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



252 



Tarrant Putnam ' (JoJin,^ Samuel,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Jo- 
seph; William'), born at Concord, April 30, 1782; married 
first, April 6, 1805, Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah 
(Crosby) Cooke, of Cambridge. She died Nov. 22, 1820. 
He married second, April i, 1824, Mary, daughter of Daniel 
and Mary Hoar; died July 13, 1824, aged 43. He married 
third (intention, June 17, 1826), Betsey, daughter of Timothy 
Merriam, of Grafton (No. in). She died in 1851. 

He was a farmer. He died at Chelmsford Nov. 11, 1864. 

Children : 

554. i. Horatio Cooke,* b. Aug. 26, 1806. 

555. ii. John Henry, b. May 6, 1808. 

556. iii. Tarrant Putnam, Jr., b. Nov. 6, i8io. 

557. iv. Harrison Gray Otis, b. Oct. 7, 1812. 

V. Sarah Cooke (Sally), b. Sept. 10, 1816; d. Oct. 6, 1817. 

558. vi. Abiel Hayward, b. Aug. 9, 1817. 
vii. Sarah Cooke, b. April 14, 18 19. 



253 

Samuel' {John,'' Samuel,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,'' Will- 
iam'), born in Concord April i, 1785; married Ruth French. 
Removed to Pittsburg, Vt. 

Children : 

i. Adeline,* m. Conant. 

ii. Martha, m. Hatch. 

iii. Elizabeth J., b. about 1824; m. at Lowell, May 29, 1845, John 

H. Durgin, Jr. 

iv. Mary. 

V. Arabella, m. Cheney. 

vi. John, res. Providence, R. I. 



254 

Ebenezer ' {John^ Samuel,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Concord, June 20, 1794; married Aug. 
2, 1813, Mary (Polly), daughter of Ozem Strong. She died 
Nov. 10, 1869. 

He went to Kentucky, where he was a manufacturer; re- 



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SEVENTH GENERATION 167 

sided awhile in Zanesville, Ohio. Removed to New York 
City. Resided in Brooklyn. Was a manufacturer of fancy 
soaps and candles. Began in 1841 the publication of The 
Municipal Gazetteer, a scientific journal; contributed scien- 
tific articles to various periodicals. Was enthusiastically 
fond of the study of meteorology, and kept records of the 
weather for more than thirty years. " Originated the theory 
of cycles of atmospheric phenomena." He was widely known 
as " the weather prophet of Brooklyn Heights." He found 
time to collect and write out many notes on the history of 
the Merriam family. He died March 19, 1864. [See Hist. 
Gen. Register, xviii. 396.] 

Children : 

i. Mar\',* b. 1822. 

ii. Eliza, b. July, 1825; m. Sept. 11, 1850, David K. Seamans. 

iii. Eben, d. in Concord, a.'. 5 mos., July 31, 1833. 

iv. Georgiana W., b. Nov. 13, 1836; m. June, 1864, James K. 

Douglass. 
V. Eben, b. 1839; d. in infancy. 

255 

Francis Wheeler ' (John,'' Samuel,^ Joseph,^ John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Concord, Feb. 3, 1799; married 
at Sparta, X. Y., Feb. 3, 1824, Eliza Cory. Became a butcher; 
lived at Acton, Nov. 29, 181 7, when he bought land in Con- 
cord and Lincoln of his brother Daniel. Afterward became 
a manufacturer of soap and candles, and was in partner- 
ship with his brother Ebenczcr in that business in New York 
City. 

He died Feb. 4, 1856. 

Children : 

i. Martha Jane,* b. Dec. 20, 1824; m. John Wheeler, Dec. 20, 
1844; b. in London, Eng., March 4, 1824, and d. in Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., Sept. II, 1868. She d. there Nov. 11, 1864. 

Children : 

1. Lillie Louise WTieeler, b. Aug. 30, 1845; m. Aaron Vander- 

bilt. 

2. John Cottrell Wheeler, b. Feb. 5, 1847; <!• Dec. 15, 1850. 

3. Frederick Merriam Wheeler, b. Aug. 6, 1849; m. in 1876 

Florence Willmer. 



168 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

4. Charles Willmer Wheeler, b. Aug. 5, 1852 ; m. Lucy Christie. 

5. Gertrude May Wheeler, b. May, 1854; d. Sept. 26, 1856. 

6. Clifton Harold Wheeler, b. June 25, 1856. 

7. Herbert Men Wheeler, b. Feb. 25, 1859. 
ii. Francis Wheeler, b. Dec. 9, 1827; d. in infancy, 
iii. Mary E., b. Dec. 21, 1829; m. Lewis Randall. 

560. iv. Francis, b. April 27, 1832. 

V. Ruhama, b. April 7,1834; m. (i) Bailey; m. (2) Jos. 

L. Blamire. 

561. vi. Charles Wiley, b. May 31, 1836. 



257 

Joseph ' {Joseph^ Nathan,^ Joseph,'' John,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Mason, N. H., July 7, 1770; married at 
Concord, March 9, 1796, Ruth Jones, born June 28, 1773. 

Children : 

i. Betsey,* b. Feb. 28, 1797; m. Eben Webber. 

ii. Hannah, b. June 14, 1799; d. young. 

562. iii. Joseph, b. May 11, 1802. 

563. iv. Elisha Jonas, b. June 26, 1804. 
V. Maria, b. Jan. 3, 1807; d. young. 

564. vi. Franklin, b. May 27, 1809. 

565. vii. Edmund, b. Nov. 4, 181 1. 



258 

Samuel ' {Joseph,^ Nathan,' Joseph,' John,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Mason, N. H., Oct. 14, 1773; married 
first, Lucy, daughter of Aaron and Lucy Wheeler, born Feb. 
16, 1776, died Aug. 30, 181 7. He married second, May 27, 
1819, Huldah Burton, of Wilton, N. H., who survived him. 

He was a farmer ; was elected from time to time town clerk, 
selectman, moderator of town meeting, appointed coroner, 
justice of the peace, etc. ; a man of good executive ability. 

He died April 30, 1823. 

Children : 

566. i. Samuel,* b. April 7, 1798. 

ii. Lucy, b. April 24, 1800; m. Dea. Curtis Lawrence, of Groton, 
Mass. ; she d. Nov. 18, 1846. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 169 

Children : 

1. Edward A. Lawrence, b. Feb. 25, 1823. 

2. Lucy M. Lawrence, b. March 8, 1825; m. Rev. William 

Wood; they were missionaries to India. 

3. Susan F. Lawrence, b. Nov. 30, 1828. 

567. iii. Benjamin WTieeler, b. May 8, 1803. 

568. iv. Moses, b. Jan. i, 1805. 

569. V. Aaron Brooks, b. Dec. 5, 1806. 

vi. Laura, b. Aug. 3, 1808; m. Samuel Blood, of Groton, Mass. 
She d. March 16, 1850. 

Children : 

1. George D. Blood, b. May 8, 1836. 

2. Samuel Merriam Blood, b. Sept. 27, 184 1. 

3. Lucy M. Blood, ) , t 1 o £ 
1 Mary L. Blood, rJ"'y '7, '846. 

vii. Grosvenor, b. Aug. 3, 1810; d. unm. Feb. 10, 1862. 

viii. George, b. Feb. 14, 1812; d. unm. Feb. 4, 1849. 

ix. Edward A., b. Jan. 25, 18 14; d. July 4, 1819. 

570. X. Isaac L., b. Nov. 7, 1815. 



261 

Nathan ' {Amos,^ Nathan,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph," Will- 
iam'), born in Princeton, March 21, 1791; married first 

(intention, April 9, 1814), Polly Brooks, of Sterling. She 

died Jan. 21, 1839, aged 44, 1,2. He married second, Sept. 

12, 1839, Mary Louisa Nicholson, born in Camden, Me.; 
she died March 18, 1845, aged 31, 6, 9. 

He was a farmer. He died March 28, 1845. 

Children : 

571. i. George,* b. Oct. 28, 1814. 

ii. Mary French, b. June 10, 18 16; m. May 25, 1837, Abijah 

W. Benjamin, of Westminster, 
iii. Darwin, b. May 16, 18 18; d. Feb. 21, 1820. 
iv. Caroline, b. April 23, 1820; m. April 15, 1841, George O. 

Skinner. 

V. Juliann, b. May 21, 1822; m. April 10, 1842, M Page. 

vi. Sarah, b. June 28, 1824; m. Dec. 15, 1842, Jonas H. Temple, 
vii. Fidelia, b. Aug. 15, 1826. 

572. viii. Gardner, b. July 3, 1828. 

573. ix. Joseph Edwin, b. April 29, 1830. 
X. Harriet Orzelia, b. July 20, 1832. 
xi. Hartwell, b. July 9, 1834. 

xii. John Nicholson, b. June 28, 1840. 



170 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

xiii. Abby Rosella, b. Oct. 21, 1841; d. (Abigail Louisa) March 

28, 1845. 
xiv. Nathan Albert, b. Feb. 16, 1843; d. March 10, 1845. 
XV. Joanna Annetta, b. Aug. 3, 1844. 

263 

Amos ' {Amos," Nathan,^ Joseph," John,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Princeton, Dec. 15, 1792; married (inten- 
tion, Sept. 7, 1814) Catherine, daughter of William and 
Lydia Whittaker, born Dec. 23, 1792. 

He resided at Princeton many years, where he was a promi- 
nent citizen; removed to Lowell about 1835, and resided 
there till his death. Was superintendent of a mill, an owner 
of house property, and deacon of High Street Congregational 
Church. 

In the report of the Centennial of Princeton, the foUowmg 

occurs : 

" Capt. Amos Merriam, of Lowell, who is here, says he 
has not been in town for nearly or quite a quarter of a cen- 
tury. ' I was for many years a selectman, an overseer of the 
poor, and a highway surveyor, so that I was led to know the 
people in all parts of the town.' " 

That wide acquaintance gave him much gratification in 
the growth and progress of the town. He was a person of 
much public spirit. 

He died Oct. 10, 1861. 

Children : 

i. A daughter,^ b. and d. Jan. 27, 1815. 
ii. Amos Augustus, b. Aug. 31, 18 16. 

iii. Catherine Augusta, b. April 20, 1818; m. Daniel Simonds. 
577. iv. Joseph Franklin, b. March 15, 1820. 

V. Charles Wliittaker (bapt. Thomas Wheeler), b. Jan. 7, 1822. 
vi. Lydia Sophia, b. April 10, 1824; m. William C. Parker, of 

Albion, N. Y. 
vii. Susan Elizabeth (as baptized, though called Sarah Maria m 

birth record), b. Feb. 4, 1827. 
579. viii. Levi Parsons, b. Sept. i, 1829. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 171 

263 

William' {Amos ^ Nathan,^ Joseph,^ John,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Princeton, Nov. 19, 1794; married April 
13, 1819, Mary Binney, born June 19, 1798. 

He was a miller; resided at Princeton and Cambridge; 
died in March, 1834. His widow died March 2, 1850. 

Children : 

i. William Gaines,* b. Jan. 21, 1820; drowned Aug. 16, 1822. 

580. ii. John Newton, b. March 25, 1822. 

iii. Ann Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1827; d. Oct. 30, 1841. 

581. iv. William Ward, b. Sept. 15, 1830. 

582. V. Amos Evarts, b. Sept. 6, 1832. 

264 

Joseph ' (Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Princeton, Feb. 24, 1799; married Jan. 17, 
182 1, Ruth Harrington. 

He was a drover and farmer. 

Children : 

i. Mary Maria,* b. Aug. 18, 1821; m. Nov. 24, 1841, William 

H. Wyman. 
ii. William Walloo, b. April 14, 1824; d. March 11, 1826. 
iii. Joseph Wheeler, b. Sept. 11, 1825; d. Aug. 28, 1826. 
iv. Lois Llewellyn, b. Aug. 6, 1828; m. in Worcester, March 19, 

1851, Elbridge N. Harris. 
V. William Wheeler, b. April 12, 1830. 
vi. Susan Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1832; m. in Boston, April 22, 

i860, Orril R. Chaplin, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
vii. Joseph Franklin, b. .\pril 4, 1833; d. July 15, 1834. 
viii. Frances Ann, b. April 15, 1835. 

i.x. John Daniel Webster, b. Dec. 10, 1836; d. July 7, 1837. 
584. X. Walton Greenough, b. June 25, 1838. 

265 

Marshall ' {Amos,^ Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Princeton, April 17, 1802; married (in- 
tention, Oct. II, 1829) Susan Maria Wood, of Westmin- 
ster. She died Nov. 15, i860. 

A farmer at Princeton. 

He died of typhus fever, Nov. 21, 1845. 



172 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



Children : 



S8S- 
586. 


ii. 




iii. 




iv. 


587. 
588. 


V. 

vi. 



Gustavus,* b. Oct. 4, 1830. 

Joseph, b. Dec. 6, 1833. 

Mary, ^ Cm. Nov. 5, 1857, Daniel M. G. 

[b. Feb. 25, 1836;-^ Merrill, b. in Belfast, Me. 
Maria, j { d. April 3, 1844. 

Henry Clay, b. Dec. 18, 1838. 
Charles Edward, b. Jan. 22, 1845. 



266 

Marshall ' {Ephraim^ Nathan,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born in Concord, March 28, 1801 ; married first, 
" Sarah Shook, of Pennsylvania." She died at Reed's Ferry, 
N. H., July 27, 1 86 1, aged 44 years. He married second, 
Phebe Butman, of Bradford, N. H., who died at Derry, N. H., 
Feb. 25, 1873, aged 56 years. He married third, at Law- 
rence, Feb. ID, 1874, Nancy, daughter of Ebenezer and Me- 
hitabel Butman, a sister of the former wife, born about 1818. 
She died about 1903. 

He was graduated at Yale College in 1833; became a phy- 
sician; resided successively at Nashua, N. H., Philadelphia, 
Pa., Reed's Ferry, Merrimac, and Derry, N. H. He had the 
wide variety of practice and the extensive usefulness of the 
" country doctor," and gave his children an impulse to in- 
telligence and useful living which has borne abundant fruit 
in their hves. 

Children : 

589. i. Ephraim Carlos,* b. Dec. 9, 1838. 
ii. Mary, b. in 1841; d. in 1865. 

iii. Lucy, b. Nov. 20, 1842 ; m. John Murdoch. 

iv. Rufus, b. 1843; enlisted in the nth N. H. Vol. Inf., and was 

killed in the defence of our Union at Fredericksburg, Va., 

Dec. 13, 1862; was unm. 
V. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1846; m. Andrew Wilson. 

590. vi. Marshall, b. May 27, 1848. 

591. vii. Nathan, b. Nov. 24, 1849. 

viii. Charles, b. Feb. 28, 1854; d. at the age of two years. 

592. i.x. John, b. April 14, 1855. 

X. Edwin Hart, b. April 13, 1857. 
xi. Joseph Francis, b. Dec. 23, 1859. 




MAKSII Al.l. MKUUI \M. M 1). 



SEVENTH GENERATION 173 

267 

Oliver ' (Josiah,'' Josiah/ Joseph* Johit,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Concord, March ii, 1787; married June 10, 
1817, Martha D., daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy Pres- 
cott. She outHved him and married second, April 19, 1825, 
David Dickinson; resided at Chelmsford. 

Oliver was a mariner; made his home in Boston after his 
marriage. His estate was administered on Aug. 13, 1822. 

Children : 

595. i. Josiah Colbum,* b. Feb. 27, 1818. 

ii. Martha Prescott, b. April 3, 1820; m. Oct. 13, 1842, Luther 

W. Faulkner, manufacturer at liillerica. 
iii. Elizabeth (Betsey) Gordon, b. March 6, 1822; m. Oct. 13, 

1842, Moses B. Garfield; she d. July 6, 1843. 



268 

Jacob Brown ' {Josiah,'' Josiah,'' Joseph,' John,' Joseph,' 
William'), born at Concord, June 6, 1789; married a wife 
whose name has not been reported to us. Removed to Brook- 
line, N. H. ; was a farmer ; sold to his brother Oliver, Jan. 
20, 1817, his share in the estate of his grandfather whose name 
he bore. He died in Concord, Nov. 13, 1842. 

Children : 

i. A son, d. in Concord, Sept. 28, 1821, a:. 4 years, 
ii. A son, d. do., Oct. i, 1821, ae. 2 years. 



269 

Darius ' {Josiah^ Josiah,^ Joseph,* John,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born at Concord, June 21, 1798; married first, Phebe 

; married second. May 8, 182 1, Lydia Vose Gregory. 

She died at Lowell, April, 1838, aged 38 years, 10 months. 

He was a wheelwright; resided some years at Concord, 
then removed to Lowell; died Sept. 2, 1874. 

Children : 

596. i. Darius Gregory,* b. April 11, 1822. 

ii. Nehemiah Flint, b. July 5, 1824; d. at Lowell, Jan. 30, 1847. 

597. iii. Josiah Henry. 



174 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

270 

Jesse Wheeler ' {Josiah,^ Josiah,^ Joseph* John,^ Jo- 
seph," William '), born at Concord, Feb. 26, 1802 ; married 



Removed to Dayton, Ohio, about 1836. Was a whole- 
sale grocer and shipper of flour and pork to New Orleans. 

Child: 

Ira,^ res. at San Diego, Cal. 



371 

Ira (Hiram)' (Josiah,^ Josiah,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph," 
William''), born at Concord, March 17, 1806; married Lydia 
C, daughter of William Huffman, at Dayton, Ohio, where 
he and his brother, Jesse W., had gone to live. Was in part- 
nership with his brother in the provision business. 

Children : 

i. Jesse,* d. in infancy. 
598. ii. William Huffman, b. May 10, 1841. 

372 

Joseph ' {Timothy^ Josiah,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph," 
William'), born at Framingham, Nov. 23, 1792; married 
Alice, daughter of Nathaniel Thayer, of Franklin. She died 
Oct. 24, 1863, aged 66. 

He resided at Framingham. 

He died Aug. 24, 1866. 

Children : 

i. Alice Thayer,* b. Feb. 2, 1827; d. young. 

ii. Adeliza Maria, b. Nov. 11, 1828. 

iii. Susan Cornelia, b. June 27, 1832; m. June 10, 1857, Osman 

B. Oilman, of Hartford, Ct. 
iv. Joseph Milton, b. March 31, 1836; d. young. 
V. Mary Ellen, b. April 3, 1837. 
600 vi. Joseph Albert, b. Oct. 19, 1840. 

vii. Adelia Frances, b. Dec. 5, 1842; m. in Boston, Dec. 25, 1883, 

Andrew J. Brown, of Fremont, N. H.; d. in California. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 175 

273 

Galen ' (Timothy f" Josiah,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph,^ Will- 
iam^), born in Framingham, Dec. 5, 1797; married in Bos- 
ton, Aug. 7, 1828, Silence Swift, daughter of Daniel and Sarah 
Baxter, born Jan. 22, 1801, died Oct. 16, 1872. Her mother 
bequeathed something to her son, George Darling Merriam. 

He resided at West Newton, doing business in Boston; 
was twenty-five years in the crockerj' business, and fifteen 
years a dealer in coal. He died June 30, 1876. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Baxter," b. June 18, 1829; d. April 22, 1840. 

602. ii. Galen, b. Feb. 10, 1831. 

iii. Rosaline Augusta White, b. March g, 1832; m. April 30, 
1867, Sevoro L. Streni, merchant, of Baltimore, b. in Parma, 
Italy; his second mar. 

603. iv. Daniel Baxter, b. Aug. 27, 1837. 

V. George Darling, b. 1847 J legatee of his grandmother in i860. 



274 

Charles ' (Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph' 
William'), born at Concord, Nov. 8, 1803; married in New- 
ton, Nov. 5, 1829, Caroline, daughter of Walter and Patience 
(Seaverns) Ware, born Feb. 19, 1808, residing at the time 
of the marriage at Newton. She died in Boston, Dec. i, 1891. 

He was a merchant in Weston, and afterward at Boston. 

He died Oct. 27, 1865. He made many thoughtful be- 
quests to his children, brothers and sisters, nephews and 
nieces, and other relatives; also remembered several public 
institutions, leaving a book fund to the library of his native 
town. 

Children : 

i. Caroline Louisa,* b. Aug. 6, 1830; m. Nov. 19, 1851, Francis 
Jaques, b. March 5, 1828; d. Dec. 17, 1884. 

Children : 

I. Alice Jaques, b. Dec. 6, 1852; m. Nov. 25, 1885, Arthur 

Lovell Ware, of Milton, b. May 30, 185 1, Harv. Univ. 

1873- 



176 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

(i) Gordon Ware, b. Sept. 21, 1886. 

(2) Margaret Ware, b. Nov. 12, 1889. 

2. Henry Percy Jaques, b. Dec. 22, 1854 ; Harv. Univ., A.B., 1876, 

M.D., 1880; m. (i) Aug. 4, 1880, Gertrude Burlingame; 
m. (2) March 5, 1889, Caroline Parsons, dau. of Rev. 
John F. W. and Caroline Parsons (Rice) Ware, b. Oct. 
13. 1859. 
Child: Francis Jaques, b. April 18, 188 1. 

3. Herbert Jaques, b. Jan. 23, 1857; m. April 26, 1883, Har- 

riet Sayles Francis, b. April 2, 1858. 

Children : 

(i) Alice Lee Jaques, b. March 12, 1884; d. Sept. 30, 1895. 

(2) Harriet Sayles Jaques, b. Nov. 19, 1885. 

(3) Herbert Jaques, b. Feb. 17, 1889. 

(4) Louise Jaques, b. April 21, 1893. 

4. Eustace Jaques, b. June 11, i860. 

5. Helen Louise Jaques, b. June 19, 1863. 

604. ii. Charles, b. Oct. 6, 1832. 

iii. Ware, b. March 12, 1835; d. Jan. 24, 1838. 

iv. Waldo, b. Feb. 23, 1839; entered with patriotic spirit and 

unusual ability and bravery into the defence of the Union; 

was Lieutenant-Colonel of the i6th Mass. Vol. Infantry; 

made a fine record, especially at the battle of Spottsylvania 

C. H., when he was killed, May 12, 1864. 
See Appendix. 

605. v. Herbert, b. April 21, 1841. 

606. vi. Arthur Ware, b. May 19, 1844. 

607. vii. Frank, b. Nov. 6, 1850. 

275 

Joseph ' {Joseph^ Josiah,^ Joseph* John,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Concord, April 6, 1805; married (intention, 
Dec. 15, 1828) Emily Clark, of Weston. She survived him, 
and married second, George F. Soren. 

He settled at Weston ; was a merchant. He died in 1832. 

Children : 

608. i. John Clark,*' b. Nov. 14, 1829. 
ii. Charles Joseph, d. young. 

iii. Joseph Henry, b. Sept. 30, 1832; d. s. p. at Providence, R. I. 



SEVENTH GENERATION 177 

276 

Adolphus ' {Joseph^ Josiah,' Joseph* Johii,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Concord, Aug. 23, 1820;* married Jan. 
19, 1846, Caroline, daughter of John and Kezia (Batchcller) 
McKinstrv, born at Southbridge, Aug. 22, 1825, died March 
16, 1898. 

He was brought up on a farm in Concord, and, beside the 
" district schools," had one term at Framingham .Academy. 
When he was seventeen years old he went to Southbridge, 
and entered the office of the Hamilton Woollen Company, 
in which his older brother Charles was interested. He re- 
mained in S. twelve years, till he learned the business thor- 
oughly; then purchased a small mill at Springfield, Vt., 
which he operated for four years. Returning to Southbridge, 
he entered into partnershij) with Joshua and Gayton Bal- 
lard in woollen manufacture. In 1864 he removed to South 
Framingham, which was thenceforward his home. He was 
associated with others in mills at Miibury, Cordaville, Water- 
town, and Southbridge, and was a director and president of 
the American Powder Company, and president of the Gun- 
jxiwder Trade Association of the United States. He was an 
earnest temperance man, was town assessor and selectman 
at Southbridge, active in filling the town quota of troops, 
and in advocating the Federal cause during the Relx'llion. 
He was president of the National Bank, and took the helm 
of the savings-bank in an hour of its embarrassment, and 
aided much in restoring it to a high position. He was liixral 
in religion; a man of plain and unostentatious manners, 
always genial and approachable, a sagacious and helpful 
adviser. [See Hurd's Hist. Md.\. Co.] 

He died Nov. 27, 1888. 

Children : 

i. Lucy,* b. at Southbridge, May 27, 1849; ^- Jan- 22, 1873, 
Leonard B., son of John and ^Llry .\nna Adams, of Boston. 
6og. ii. Joseph, b. Jan. 17, 1855. 

610. iii. Bernard Francis, b. Oct. 18, 1857. 

iv. Robert Gray, b. Sept. 30, 1859; d. Aug. 11, 1861. 

611. V. John McKinstry, b. Sept. 20, 1862. 

vi. Elizabeth, b. at So. Framingham, Jan. 8, 1865. 

* His mother, Lucy Wheeler (see No. 119), was a daughter of Abner and Elizabeth 
(Hunt) Wheeler. 



178 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

277 

Jonas ' (Samuel,'' Nathaniel,^ Samuel,'* John,^ Joseph,'' 
William^), born in Bedford, Aug. 22, 1787; married in Lex- 
ington, June 20, 1808, Nancy Price, of Lexington. 

Children : 

i. Isaac,^ b. in Bedford, June 23, 1809, a deaf mute. 

ii. Adeline, b. Jan. 24, 181 2; m. (i) Shubael Batchelder; m. (2) 

Thomas Work, 
iii. Mary Ann, b. March 17, 1817; m. Charles E. Carruth, of 

Paxton. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 



280 

Daniel * (Edmond,'' Benjamin,'' Ebenezer,^ Joseph,* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in Mendon, Aug. i, 1771; 
married Sally Dixon. 

He removed to Grand Isle, Vt. 

He used to visit his cousin Dan at W. Brookfield (as Mr. 
Homer Merriam remembers). 

He died at Grand Isle, Vt., May i, 1849. 

Children : 

i. Laura'; m. Hector Adams. 

ii. Abigail; m. Graham. 

iii. Lydia; m. Perry. 

iv. Sally; m. Barnes. 

V. Harriet; m. Manson Kent. 

615. vi. Edmond. 

281 

Dan ^ {Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,'' Ebenezer,^ Joseph,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,^ William^), born in Mendon, Sept. 21, 1771; 
married Feb. 28, 1802, Thirza, daughter of Elijah and Azu- 
bah (Ross) Clapp, born in Brookfield, May 19, 1781, died 
in Springfield, July 14, 187 1, aged 90 years, i month, 28 days. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 179 

She was in the sixth generation from Dea. Edward Clapp, 
a native of Salcomte Regis, County Devon, England, who 
came to Dorchester in 1633 to join his brother, Capt. Roger 
Clapp, and was a man highly esteemed. 

Dan Mcrriam spent his youth in Paxton until after his 
father's death. He and his brother George attended school 
at Leicester, walking the three miles morning and evening, 
boarding at home. He taught .school two winters at West- 
moreland. He then went to Whitestown, N. V. With a 
companion he made a cruise out into the wilderness, going 
by what is now the city of Buffalo, along the border of the 
lake, westward. Returning, they took up land in what is 
now Hamilton, N. Y., and did something in clearing and 
farming. lie came back to Massachusetts in 1798, and en- 
tered into jjartnershi]:) with his brother Elx^nezer in the i)ub- 
lication of The PolUical lieposilory or Farmers^ Journal. 
The first number was issued " The First Wednesday of August, 
1798." Three hundred .subscrilxTs constituted their hope of 
gain. Three years brought this venture to an end, but they had 
meantime established themselves in the business of lx)ok 
publishing and selling, and this they continued with in- 
creased force. They printed 10,000 copies of Perry's Dic- 
tionary in 1801, and cleared a gootl sum thereby. On the 
death of their brother George, Dan was obliged to remove 
to Worcester to do the duties of executor, and remained there 
some time, continuing in the Brookfield firm. They printed 
an edition of the New Testament, one of Watts's and Select 
Hymns, Webster's Spelling-book, the Bible, and other books. 
Owing to the very defective methods of doing business at the 
period, they suffered many inconveniences from long credits, 
barter, etc., but kept on steadily. After returning to Brook- 
field to reside, Dan gave his time uj) to the farm chiefly. His 
system gave way too early by reason of the great strains to 
which he had been subject, and he died Nov. 21, 1823, at 
the age of 52. 

He was intelligent for the times, much interested in im- 
provements, in art and science; taught his children to work, 
and had them do their tasks before they played, no less care- 
ful of their characters and education than of the training which 
would make them capable of self-support, and of accomplish- 
ing good work in life. 



180 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

The boys began to learn the printing trade at twelve, along 
with the apprentices of the firm. The girls became teachers 
in " district schools " and seminaries. The mother was a 
woman of great efficiency in a quiet way; took boarders 
after her husband's death. She and her daughters went to 
Troy, N. Y., and carried on a boarding-school from 1845 
till 1851. 

Children, all but the two eldest born at West Brookfield : 

616. i. George,' b. at Worcester Jan. 19, 1803. 

ii. Dorothy Sumner, b. at Paxton, Nov. 22, 1804; d. at Spring- 
field, unm. Feb. 20, 1874. 

617. iii. Charles, b. Nov. 21, 1806. 

618. iv. William, b. Jan. 15, i8og. 

619. v. Lewis, b. May 7, 181 1. 

620. vi. Homer, b. Aug. 27, 1813. 

vii. Harriet Nevi'ell, b. Sept. 15, 1815; d. unm. Sept. 16, 1841. 

viii. Mary Cutler, b. Dec. 23, 1817; "an accomplished teacher;" 

d. unm. Nov. 30, 1896. 
ix. Edwin, b. May 4, 1820; d. Aug. 4, 182 1. 



282 

Georce^ (Ebenezer,'' Benjatnin,'' Ebenezer,^ Joseph,^ Will- 
iam.^ Joseph,' William^), born July 8, 1773; married in 
Shrewsbury, Dec. 22, 1796, Dorothy, daughter of Rev. Dr. 
Joseph and Lucy (Williams) Sumner. 

He was apprenticed to a bookbinder by the name of Burns, 
a Southerner, in the employ of Isaiah Thomas, the printer, 
in Worcester. Carried on a bookstore and bindery there. 
He died Aug. 22, 1802. The widow died March 9, 1841, 
aged 63. 

Children : 
621. i. George May," b. in 1797. 
ii. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 8, 1799. 
iii. Caroline Maria, b. Aug. 16, 1801. 



283 

Ebenezer * {Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Joseph* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,'' Williain^), born in Leicester, Dec. 15, 1777; 
married first, Nov. 28, 1799, Sarah Hitchcock. She died 



EIGHTH GENERATION 181 

Jan. 9, 1805. He married second, March 29, 1814, Mary 
Cutler, who survived him and died Nov. 4, 1861, aged 82 
years, 4 months, 22 days. 

On attaining his majority, he worked a few months in Bos- 
ton, then went to W'est Brookfield, and established a print- 
ing and book-binding business in partnership with his brother 
Dan. [See article alx)ve.] He thus describes the stock with 
which they began business: 

"An old press; a font of Long Primer type and a small 
font of Pica, all worn down to the first nick, as the saying 
is; cuts for John Rogers's Primer; one iron composing stick; 
two wooden ones; a wooden imposing stone; two letter 
racks; brass rules made of wood for column rules; two 
chases and a few small galleys, all in honorable standing, 
if age would make them so." 

But with industry, fidelity to the details and obligations of 
their business, character, and perseverance, they gained " a 
good name " and reasonable success. 

He died at West Brookfield, Oct. i, 1858. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Hitchcock," h. Feb. 10, 1801; m. Doctor Royce; no 

children, 
ii. Caroline Maria, b. Aug. 8, 1802; d. Aug. 25, 1819. 
622. iii. Ebenezer Parsons, b. Nov. 16, 1804. 



•286 

Samuel " (Ichabod,' Ichahod,'' Ichabod,' William* William,' 
Joseph," William'); married Betsey Barnes. Went as a 
chikl with his father from Watcrbury, Conn., to Geneva, 
Ohio, and made his home there. 

Children : 

i. John"; m. Jerusha Hubbard; no children. 

623. ii. Cyrus. 

624. iii. Seymour S. 

625. iv. Secley. 

V. Huldah; m. (1) Brown; m. (2) Erastus Withey. 

vi. Sylvia; ni. Warren Barnes. 

vii. Betsey Jane (Jennie); m. Theodore F. Tultle; res. Auburn, 
N. Y. 



182 MEERIAM GENEALOGY 

Child: 

Arthur Samuel Tuttle, an electrician, at Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
626. viii. Ichabod. 

288 

John Denton ^ {Ichabod,'' Ichabod/' Ichabod,^ William* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Waterbury, Conn., 
Sept. 7, 1798; married June 12, 1823, Temperance Andress, 
born March 30, 1804. 

Children : 

629. i. George Washington," b. March 23, 1824. 

ii. Sophronia, b. Dec. 12, 1825; m. Sept. 11, 1845, Randall Hart, 
Jr.; she d. Feb. 9, 1881. 

630. iii. John Denton, Jr. 

iv. Desdemona, b. March 14, 1831; m. James Heath; res. River- 
side, Cal.; he d. May 31, 1893. 

V. Laura C; m. Eugene Loomis; res. Galesburg, 111. 

vi. Minerva; m. Oct. 6, 1868, Byron J. Austin, of Red Oak, la., 
banker. 

631. vii. Lucius Andress. 

291 

Munson ^ (Isaac,^ Munson/ Ichabod,^ William,* William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born June 17, 1806; married Me- 
lissa . 

Resided at West Hartland, Conn. 

He died Sept. 29, 1871. 

Children : 

i. Flavel Granger.' 

ii. Lent Benham, b. Oct. 6, 1836. 

632. iii. Dwight A. 

iv. Charlotte; m. Benjamin E. Vail, of Suffield, Ct. 

293 

William * {William,'' Samuel/ Samuel,^ William,* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph," William'), born at Whitehall, N. Y., March 
10, 1805; married Jan. 22, 1830, Emily Bartholomew, born 
Aug. 26, 1812. 

He died at Granville, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1879. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 183 



Children : 



i. Julia Ann« b. Oct. 22, 1830. 

633. ii. James Smith, b. Jan. 29, 1833. 
iii. Rachel, b. Feb. 4, 1835. 

634. iv. lii.shop, b. Feb. 8, 1837. 

V. Amanda, b. April 18, 1840. 

vi. Rachel A., b. April 15, 1842; m. Jan. 9, 1861, Mason K. Hotch- 
kiss. 

635. vii. Asbury H., b. Aug. 2, 1845. 

295 

John Smith * (John,'' Samud^ Samuel,^ William,^ Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Whitehall, N. Y., Feb. 
26, 181 1 ; married March 26, 1835, Betsey Bartholomew. 

He removed about 1849 to the city of New York; was in 
the livery business. 

Children : 

i. Clarissa Asenath," b. about 1836. 

636. ii. John Henry, b. Oct. 7, 1837. 
iii. Mar)' Jane, b. June, 1839. 

29« 

Simeon Brooks* {John,' Samuel,'' Samuel,' William,* 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born May 27, 1816; married 
April 4, 1839, Mary Bartholomew, born March ii, 1819, 
died Sept. 30, 1879. 

He was a farmer at Whitehall, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Betsey Ann," b. March 11, 1S40; m. Aug. 15, 1858, Ira E. 
Phelps. 

Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 17, 1842; m. Feb. 10, 1869, A. B. Har- 
rington. 

Simeon B., b. Feb. 15, 1848; m. Feb. 15, 1872, Mary M. Goss. 
He d. Dec. 10, 1873, leaving no children. 



William Gridley * (John,' Samuel,'' Samuel,' William,* 
William,' Joseph," William'), born April 28, 1818; married 
Feb. 7, 1840, Mary E. Douglass. 

He was a farmer at Whitehall, N. Y. 



n. 



184 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. A son, b. Oct. 17, 1841 ; d. young. 

ii. Francis, b. April 17, 1848; d. May 20, 1851. 

iii. Fanny E., b. June 29, 1852; m. Jan. 5, 1876, John C. Clark. 

iv. Edith N., b. Nov. 11, 1861. 



298 

Joseph Clement ^ {Joseph,'' Ehenezer^ Ebenezer,^ Will- 
iam* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Cornwallis, 
N. S., July, 1820; married Caroline Davidson. 

He resided in Lubec, Me., and at Springfield, Mass. 

Children : 

i. Augusta C," b. Aug. 27, 1842; m. Aug. 17, 1868, Mr. Buck, 
of GermantowTi, Pa. 

637. ii. Joseph C, b. March 20, 1844. 
iii. William, b. June 26, 1846. 

iv. Clara C, b. Nov. 8, 1848; m. Aug. 22, 1868, W. D. Remington. 

V. Lydia, b. Oct. 3, 185 1 ; res. at Springiield in 1880. 

638. vi. Thomas D., b. Dec. 4, 1855. 
vii. Frank A., b. Aug. 28, 1857. 

viii. Sophia M., b. March 24, 1859; m. at Springfield, Sept. 22, 
1885, WiUiam E., son of Franklin C. and Mary E. Ross, 
b. and res. in Springiield. 



300 

James ^ (Ebeiiezcr,'' Ebcnezer,^ Ebenezer,' William,* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Cornwallis, N. S., Feb. 
10, 1807; married first, at Parrsboro, N. S., Aug. 30, 1831, 
Rebecca Brown; she died March 28, 1865. He married 
second, June 5, 1S65, Hannah Watson, born July 7, 1832. 

He resided at Parrsboro, N. S. 

Children : 

i. Rebecca Elizabeth,^ b. Feb. 15, 1833; m. Feb. 8, 1853, Charles 

E. Hatfield, 
ii. James Ebenezer, b. Dec. 5, 1834; d. Oct. 13, 1835. 
iii. John, b. Oct. 29, 1836; d. April 9, i860. 

iv. Caroline Sophia, b. March 30, 1839; m. Sept. 9, 1859, Wm. 
P. Paynter. 
639. v. David, b. May i, 1841. 
639a. vi. Daniel, b. Dec. 25, 1846. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 185 

vii. James Nelson, b. April 22, 1848; d. Oct. 20, 1866. 

viii. Eliza Ann, b. June 24, 1866. 

ix. Mar\' Ida, b. June 11, 1867. 

X. Ella Jane, b. May 29, 1869. 

xi. Edward Burton, b. March 7, 1873. 



301 

Walter Ratchford * {Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ 
William,'^ William,^ Joseph' William'), born at Cornwallis, 
N. S., Sept. 3, 1809; married at Parrsboro, N. S., Nov. 18, 
1831, Rachel Morris. 

He was a mariner. His home was Parrsboro, N. S. 

Children : 

640. i. James," b. April 6, 1833. 

ii. Margaret Ann, b. Nov. 28, 1834. 

641. iii. Robert William, b. Oct. 23, 1836; m. Nov. 10, 1859, Eliza- 

bctii Pettis; res. at Baltimore, Md. 

642. iv. Ebenezer. 

V. Pamelia A., b. Nov. 15, 1842; d. unm. Nov. 15, 1862. 

vi. Content Lavina, b. Oct. 23, 1846; m. Feb. 8, 1864, John W. 

Milton, 
vii. Elizabeth Wight, b. Jan. 8, 1848; m. Edward Cole. 

643. viii. Randall, b. Scjjt. 16, 1851. 

644. i.\. John Walter, b. Oct. 9, 1854. 

X. Joseph Edward, b. Dec. 3, 1856; m. June 15, 1881, Clara 
W'ebster. 

:JOi 

Robert William * {Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Will- 
iam,^ William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Parrstoro, 
N. S., March 27, 1818; married Amelia McRobcrts. 

He was a master mariner; sailed a packet from Pugwash 
to Liverpool, N. S. ; lived at Londonderry, a village of Parrs- 
boro, N. S. After his death the widow moved West. 

Children : 

i. Edward"; res. in Minnesota, 

ii. Oscar, d. s. p. 

iii. Amelia. 

iv. Eliza ; res. at the W^est. 

V. Etta, res. Parrsboro, N. S. 

vi. William Havelock, b. about 1862; a sea-captain, sailing out 
of Halifax. 



186 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

303 

Daniel * {Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ William,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,^ William '), born at Parrsboro, N. S., Jan. 
23, 1823; married Feb. 4, 1844, Olive Phinney, born Nov. 
II, 1827. 

He was a mariner, residing at Parrsboro, N. S. 

Children : 

i. William Henry ,» b. Jan. 24, 1845; d. 1862. 

ii. Hannah, b. May 24, 1847. 

645. iii. Clement, b. May 18, 1848. 

iv. David Edgar, b. Sept. 6, 1850. 

V. Eliza Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1853. 

vi. Virginia Sanders, b. Feb. 14, 1855; m. Dec. 29, 1871. 

vii. Sophia Caroline, b. Aug. 11, 1857. 

viii. Martha E., b. June 21, i860; d. unm. Feb. 6, i88i. 

ix. Daniel, b. Aug. 5, 1863; d. unm. Jan., 1881. 

X. Clementine, b. Jan. i, 1866; d. unm Feb. 6, 1881; she and 

Martha buried in one grave. 

xi. James, b. July 16, 1868. 

304 

Ebenezer ^ {Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ William,'^ Will- 
iam,^ Joseph," William^), born at Parrsboro, N. S., Aug. 
9, 1825; married Oct. 22, 1846, Matilda Hatfield. 

309 

Ela * {Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph," William'), born in the pari„l f Meriden, 
in the town of Wallingford, Conn., Sept. 25, 1794; married 
Sept. 14, 1819, Lydia, youngest daughter of James and Mary 
(Cheeseborough, Lord) Sheldon, of Remsen, N. Y., born 
Aug. 18, 1800, died Oct. 14, 1886. 

In 1 81 5 Mr. Merriam bought a farm adjoining his father's 
in Leyden, N. Y., and a few years later altered the old house 
into the stately residence known as Locust Grove. He moved 
into the house in 1821, and passed the rest of his life there. 
His children were all born under its roof. Besides the man- 
agement of his large farm, of which he was always proud, 
he owned (in connection with his brother-in-law, Elisha Backus, 
of Utica, and Samuel Buckley, of Watertown, N. Y.) the 




i;i;\i:i<Ai. ki.a mkkuiam 



EIGHTH GENERATION 187 

line of stage-coaches which carried the United States mails 
from Utica to Sacketts Harbor from 1824 till about 1850, 
when the railroad was built north from Boonville. He called 
the attention of the people of the county to plank roads and 
other public improvements, and helped to secure them. He 
was a man of varied business interests; did much for the 
improvement of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and 
poultry. His house stood between two large orchards locally 
famous for the abundance and excellence of the best grafted 
apples of the county. He was frequently president of the 
Lewis County Agricultural Society, and rarely absent from 
the State fairs as well. He never held any political oflke, 
saying that the only office in the gift of the people which he 
would not refuse was that of " Pathmaster," — overseer 
of the public roads. He was a General of militia. 

He lived to see the county — the Black River \'alley — 
pass from a wilderness, almost without roads, a wilderness of 
stumps, mudholes, and corduroys, to well-cultivated fields, 
the tx-'st of meadows, with comfortable homes, good roads, 
canals and boats and railroads; in the obtaining of all this 
he had taken a prominent part. 

One of his fields was known as " The Parade Lot," where 
for many years the General Trainings of the militia, in which 
he was the commanding officer, were annually held. He was 
at Sacketts Harbor as a soldier in the War of 181 2. 

He and his wife lived to celebrate their golden wedding, 
Sept. 14, 1869, every living child and grandchild present. 

He died Nov. 11, 1873, at the old homestead. 

Children : 

650. i. Ela Nathaniel,' b. May 14, 1822. 

651. ii. Clintdii Levi, b. March 25, 1824. 

iii. Hfkn Mary, b. June 7, 1825; m. .\ug. 22, 1853, Uenjamin 
Rush Bagg, a lawyer of Detroit; he d. Sept. 8, 1862. She 
then returned to Leyden, N. Y. Was highly educated, greatly 
interested in natural history; educated her children and 
had much influence upon the tastes and education of her 
ncjAew, Clinton Hart Merriam, who has become so emi- 
nent. She d. April 2, 1897. 

Children : 

I. Ela Merriam Bagg, b. May 14, 1854; a lawyer; res. Con- 
stableville, N. Y.; m. Sept. 14, 1880, Anna A. Collins. 



188 MEERIAM GENEALOGY 

2. Clinton Levi Bagg, b. Feb. 15, 1S56; a physician. 

3. Jane Cornelia Bagg, twin of the above, d. in infancy. 

4. James Kno.x Bagg, b. Nov. 3, 1858; res. at Geneva, N. Y. 

652. iv. William Wallace, b. May 10, 1827. 

653. V. James Sheldon, b. May 29, 1829. 

vi. Jane Eliza, b. Aug. 29, 183 1; d. Jan. 19, 1850. 
vii. Harriet Cornelia, b. April 29, 1833; m. June 4, 1856, Jerome 
B. Hulbert, son of Hon. Richard H., of Boonville, N. Y. 

Children: 

1. Lvdia Merriam Hulbert, b. March 28, 1857; d. unm. Feb. 

14, 1886. 

2. Richard Hulbert, b. June 2, 1858; res. at New Britain, Conn. 

3. Ela Merriam Hulbert, b. March 12, i860; editor of news- 

paper at New Britain, Ct. 

654. viii. Gustavus French, b. Oct. 17, 1835. 

i.x. Amanda Lydia, b. Dec. 4, 1837; d. March, 1840. 
X. and xi. Twins, b. and d. in Nov., 1839. 

655. xii. Charles Martin, b. May 16, 1841. 

656. xiii. Augustus Chapman, b. May 30, 1843. 



310 

Oliver ^ {Nathaniel,'' Matthew^ Nathaniel,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Berwick, in the District 
of Maine, Oct. 4, 1794; married July 16, 1820, Mehitabel 
P. Cook, of Brewster, born July 26, 1803, died April, 1838. 

He died Dec. 2, 1832. 

Children : 

i. A son, b. at Cambridge; d. in infancy, 
ii. A son, b. at Boston; d. in infancy. 
657. iii. George Oliver,' b. at Portsmouth, N. H., May 21, 1824. 

iv. Emeline Persis, b. May 14, 1826; m. John H. Plummer; she 
d. in Cal, Nov. 2, 1857. 



311 

Matthew ^ {Nathaniel,'' Matthew,^ Nathaniel,^ John,'* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Berwick, Me., May 
27, 1797; married Sept. 19, 1820, Isette Kenney, of Dover, 
N. H., born April 10, 1798, died in Charlestown, Oct. 19, 
1865. 

He died at Lexington, Nov. 9, 1872. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 189 

Children : 

i. Nathaniel \\1iite,'> b. at Gilmanton, N. H., April 12, 1822; 
grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1840; teacher; d. at Charlotte Hall, 
Md., Oct. 18, 1848. 
658 ii. Matthew Henry, b. Aug. 16, 1824. 

iii. Delia Jane, h. at Rochester, N. H., Dec. 16, 1828; m. in Charles- 
town, Oct. 24, 1864, James J. Guthrie; she d. Oct. 5, 1867. 

Child: 

Minnie Prescott Guthrie, b. Oct. 17, 1866; d. Aug. 4, 1867. 

312 

William Tiiatciif.r ^ (John,' }fall}triv!' Nathaniel,^ John* 
William,^ Joseph' William '), torn in Belfast, Me., Feb. 
10, 1815; married in 1838 Ann M. Sawyer, born in Bangor, 
Me., June 15, 1820, died at Council Bluffs, la., April 7, 1870. 

He was an architect. 

He died at Elgin, 111., Aug. 10, 1881. 

Children : 

659. i. George William,'' b. in Bangor, Me., Aug. 5, 1840. 
ii. Elvira Augusta, b. 1842. 

iii. Helen Estelle, b. in Belville, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1847 ; m. at Brook- 
field, Mo., Nov. 27, 1879, William Henr>- Wilcox; he was 
Captain of Co. G, 52d 111. Vol. Inf., i86i to 1865. Res. Elgin, 
III. ; real estate dealer. 

iv. Emma Louise, b. Oct. 3, 1848; m. Allen Taylor; d. at St. 
Louis, Mo., Aug. 12, 1886. 

660. V. John Holmes, b. Nov. 6, 1849. 

vi. William Thatcher, b. in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, April 7, 1852; 
is an artist in Chicago, 111. 

vii. Minnie, b. in Dayton, Ohio, May 15, 1854; m. in Brookfield, 
Mo., June 24, 1873, Charles Vinton Fletcher; res. Atchi- 
son, Kan. He is a conductor on the Central branch of the 
U. P. R. R. 

1. Charles William Fletcher, ) , , i o 

2. Roy Merriam Fletcher, \ ^- J"^^ '■ '^74- 

Charles grad. Univ. of Kansas, Dept. of Electrical Engi- 
neering, in 1897. Was with the General Electric Co. till 
Feb., 1906; is now with the Morse Chain Co., manager 
of the New York office. Roy studied electrical engi- 
neering three years; is now travelling for the Robeson 
Cutlery Co. of Rochester, N. Y., having his headquar- 
ters at Des Moines, la. 

3. Pearl Estelle Fletcher, b. Dec. 24, 1876; m. Elwyn B. Blair, 

of Atchison, Kan. 
Child: Ruth Blair, b. Oct. 14, 1896. 



190 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

313 

James Franklin * {John,'' Malihcw^ Nathaniel,^ John* 
William,^ Joseph,'' William''), born at Belfast, Me., Feb. 23, 
1818; married, in Waldo, Me., by Rev. Samuel Souther, 
Jr., of Belfast, Nov. 22, 1847, Mary, daughter of Henry 
and Sarah (Dinsmoor) Davidson, born in Waldo, Me., Oct. 
19, 1829. Her parents had removed from Windham, N.H., 
to Waldo County. They died in Belfast, Me. She resides 
(1906) in Lawrence, which has been the family home so long. 

He was a carpenter and builder. After rounding out al- 
most eighty years, and seeing his " golden wedding," and 
four days more, he " passed over," Nov. 26, 1897. 

See Appendix. 

Children : 

i. George Edward,'' b. at Lawrence, Oct. 15, 1851; d. May 17, 

661. ii. Franklin Warren, b. at L., April 6, 1854. 

iii. Walter Herbert, b. March 16, d. Sept. 15, 1859. 

iv. Henry Parker, b. June 5, 1863. He is a mechanical and elec- 
trical engineer in New York City, residing in Brooklyn. He 
invented a fuse which has been extensively used by the U. S. 
government for guns of large calibre. 

314 

Elisha * {Matthnv Thatcher,'' Matthew,^ Nathaniel,^ John,* 
'[{■illiam,^ Joseph,- William '), born in Morrill, Me., Aug. 13, 
1810; married Dec. i, 1832, Martha C. Moores, born April 
28, 1809. 

Resided at Morrill, Me. ; owned and operated a lumber-mill. 

Children : 

663. i. Elisha, Jr.,^ b. Nov. 23, 1833. 

664. ii. W'illard, b. Aug. 29, 1835. 

iii. Miles, b. April 15, 1837; d. April 8, 1838. 
iv. Eli Carr, b. Dec. 31, 1839. 

V. Martha Ellen, b. Nov. 14, 1841; m. Aug. 12, 1863, Henry 
Whitney. 

Children : 

1. Adelbert Whitney, res. N. Yakima, Wash. 

2. Martha E. Whitney; m. Thos. H. Gumey. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 191 

Julia E., b. Sept. 28, 1843; •"• (i) April 13, 1861, Orrin Worthy 
Cunningham, b. June 17, 1831; she m. (2) Sept. 20, 1883, 
William Woods, b. June 14, 1848. Res. Kennebunkport, 
Me. 

Children : 

1. Quincy Gilmore Cunningham, b. March 30, 1863. 

2. Grace Amber Cunningham, b. May 30, 1865. 

Alvesta, b. May 8, 1848; m. July 14, 1872, Noah Twiss; she 
died after a short married life, her twin babes following her 
very soon. 



315 

Horace * (Matthew T.,' Matthew,'' Nathaniel,^ John," 
William,^ Joseph' William'), born at Belmont, Me., Sept. 
22, 1812; married Nov. 14, 1841, Mary Parker, daughter 
of John and Mary Bailey, born Oct. 16, 1824, died at St. 
Helena, Cal., Sept. 5, 1895. 

He learned the trade of ship carpenter, and became a mas- 
ter builder. Resided some years at East Thomaston, now 
Rockland, Me. 

Removed to St. Helena, Cal.; died there March 27, 1880. 

Children : 

i. Melissa Aroline,' b. June 6, 1843; m. Aug. i, 1867, John A. 
Crosby; she d. Dec. 15, 1868. 

11. George Albert, b. July 31, 1845; d. Oct. 8, 1858. 

iii. James Horace, b. .Aug. 3, 1847; d. June 15, 1848. 

iv. Mar}' Amelia, b. Feb. 20, 1849; m. Feb. 20, 1889, Charles 
Augustus Storey, b. in London, Eng., July i, 1828; d. in 
Greenwood, Cal., July 4, 1900. Mrs. Storey resides at Oak- 
land, Cal. 

V. Emma Isabel, b. Dec. i, 1851; m. Nov. 7, 1888, Louis Peter- 
son, a native of Denmark. She d. in St. Helena, Cal., April 
4, 1892. 

Children : 

1. Herbert Ray Peterson, b. June 8, 1890. 

2. Emma Isabel Peterson, b. March 23, 1892. 

665. vi. Horace Arnold, b. Dec. 19, 1852. 

666. vii. Fred J., b. Sept. 29, 1855. 

667. viii. George Herbert, b. Feb. 18, i86i. 

i.x. Frank Weston, b. Dec. 5, 1862; d. April 24, 1877, at Rockland, 
Me. 



192 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

31G 

Thatcher ^ {Matthew T.,' Matthew,^ Nathaniel/ John,'* 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born at Morrill, Me., July 
22, 1819; married first, Nov. 5, 1848, Lois Morse, born at 
Duxbury, Vt., April 18, 1S24, died at Lawrence, May 12, 
1855. He married second, in Lawrence, Sept. 6, 1855, Mrs. 
Harriet N. Durgin, born March 8, 1818, died April 3, 1889, 
aged 71 years, 25 days. 

He learned the carpenter's trade; settled in Lawrence; 
became a master builder, and erected many large and fine 
buildings; acquired a good property. One of the early set- 
tlers in Lawrence, a man " whose word was as good as his 
bond," he enjoyed the respect of the community to a high 
degree. 

He died June 19, 1887. 

Children : 

668. i. Levi Thatcher,' b. Sept. 24, 1849. 

669. ii. Edwin Garrald, b. June 20, 185 1. 

670. iii. Frederick O., b. Oct. 16, 1858. 

317 

]OBN ^ (Mattheic T.,' Matthew,^ Nathaniel,' John,-' Will- 
iam,' Joseph,'' William'), born at Morrill, Me., Oct. 11, 
1829; married first, Oct. 8, 1855, Eunice Jones. He mar- 
ried second, in March, 1858, Hannah Gordon. 

He was a ship carpenter; lived in Morrill, Me. He en- 
listed in the defence of the Union ; was wounded at the battle 
of Gettysburg, and died Aug. 5, 1863. 

Children : 

i. William H.,' b. July 22, 1856; d. of diphtheria, May 29, 1863. 
ii. Leroy, b. June 8, 1859; d. June 10, 1863. 
iii. Hattie, b. April 12, 1861; d. June 4, 1863. 
iv. Charles, b. Feb. 12, 1863; res. Morrill, Me. 

i 319 

^ Johnson ^ (John,'' Jesse,'' John,' John,* William,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in Connecticut about 1785; was car- 
ried as an infant by his parents to Canada; married there 
Elizabeth Massie. 



H 



EIGHTH GENERATION 193 



Children : 
i. Susan.' 
ii. Alxnira. 
iii. Justus, 
iv. John. 



320 



Theron * (Jesse,'' Jesse^ John,^ John,'* William,^ Jo- 
seph,' William '), born in Saratoga County, New York, April 
13, 1791; married at Gahvay, N. Y., March 6, 1817, Anna 
Blanchard, born May 2, 1793, died May 15, 1866. 

He removed and settled in Boston, N. Y. ; was a farmer. 
He died Sept. 15, 1842. 

Children : 

i. Clara,' b. Dec. 21, 1817; m. Dec. 25, 1838, Peter Perry; res. 

Ridgeway, Wis. 
ii. Lydia,, b. Sept. 7, 1819; m. Nov. 10, 1836, Orson Hibbard; 

she d. Sept. 30, 1842. 
iii. Nancy, b. Aug. 5, 1823; d. Jan. 7, 1845. 
iv. Theron G., b. April 11, 1826; m. Feb. 22, 1848, Lovina Denel. 

Res. Chicago, 111. 
V. Cyrus J., b. Oct. 29, 1829; m. Jan. i, 1850, Louisa M. 

Le Clair. Res. Evans, N. Y. 
vl. Sally, b. April 3, 1831; m. Feb. 14, 1861, Reuben Farnsworth. 

•.iii 

Archibald * (James /.,' Jesse,'' John,^ John," William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born Oct. 12, 1801 ; married Feb. 5, 
1828, at Champion, N. Y., Polly Roohall. 

He resided at Wilma, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. William,' removed to Morris City, Wis. 
ii. Hannah, 
iii. Lovisa. 

325 

BuRRAGE ^ (James /.,' Jesse,'' John,^ John,'' William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born Sept., 1804; married Betsey Corn- 
stock. 

" He had thirteen children." He died July 14, 1878. 



194 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

326 

Jesse' {James /.,' Jesse,'' John,' John,' William,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in 1810; married Elizabeth Clarice. 
He died in 1877. 

327 

Joseph' (James J.,' Jesse,"" John,' John,' William,' Jo- ^ 
seph,' William'), born 181 3; married Margery Stanbury. ^ 
He died May 30, 1867. 

328 

James Patrick ' {James /.,' Jesse^ John,' John,' Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William'), born March 17, 1822; married 
Sarah Jane Lytchett. 

Child : 

679. Charles James,^ b. March 17, 1844; m. Nov. 28, 1868, Mary 

E. Miller; res. at Saginaw, Mich. 

329 

John ' {James /.,' Jesse^ John,' John,* William,' Joseph," 
William'), born Oct. 20, 1823; married Sarah Stone. 

330 

Edmund' {Asahel,' Barrage,'' John,' John,' William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born April 12, 1807; married March 
27, 1834, Caroline T. Robbins, born March 26, 1813. 

Children : 

i. Martha G.," b. 1835. 
ii. Francis C, b. 1839. 
682. iii. Horace R., b. June 2, 1843. 
iv. Ellen, b. 1845. 
V. Emma, b. 1846. 

332 

Stephen Rice' {Amasa,' William," William,' John,' Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William'), born at Meriden, Conn., May 25, 
1784; married first, April 20, 1812, at New Hartford, Conn., 



X'- 



EIGHTH GENERATION 195 

Polly Clark, who died ISfay, 1817. He married second, Sept. 
10, 181 7, Belinda Neal, who died Oct. 6, 1832. He married 
third, July 31, 1836, at Mcriden, Conn., Mrs. Eunice Tib- 
bals, who died Feb. 13, 1849. He married fourth, Hannah 
O'Neil. 

He was a school-teacher; studied medicine, but ill health 
caused him to abandon the practice ; was a farmer. Resided 
at Coventry, Ohio, in 1836. He died at Norton, Ohio, Jan. 
10. 1873- 

Children : 

i. Louisa,' b. Jan. 27, 18 13. 

ii. Elmina, b. Aug. 3, 1814. 

684. iii. Heman Clark, b. Sept. 16, 1816. 

685. iv. Edward, b. Feb. 27, 1819, at New Hartford, Ct. 

686. V. William R., b. March 4, 1821, at Morgan, O. 

687. vi. Homer Talma, b. March 16, 1823, at Coventry, O. 

688. vii. Alvah, b. Aug. 27, 1825. 

yiii. Eunice, b. Jan. 11, 1828; d. Sept. 6, 1838. 

ix. Lucia Emma, b. May 12, 1822. 

X. Lucina, ) ■ , „ „ „ 

xi. Elizabeth, \ ^- '^"S" '»' '^37. at Coventry, O. 

I'".li/.abcth d. early, 
xii. Lauren Amasa, b. Nov. i, 1841. 

333 

JoKL** {Amasa,' William^' William,^ John,' William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born Aug. 22, 1786; married in 1813 
Sylvia Stanley, born March 7, 1785, died April 7, 1864. 

He moved from Meriden, Conn., to Atwater, Ohio, then 
to Medina, Wis.; was a farmer. He died Aug. 16, 1863. 

Children : 

689. i. Truman," b. Aug 28, 1814, in Meriden, Ct. 

ii. Mary Ann, b. Dec. i, 1816; m. Emerj- Wilson. 

iii. Rebecca Elvira, b. Sept. 18, 1818; m. Wm. Williams. 

690. iv. Henry Lyman, b. April 21, 1821. 

v. Sylvia, b. April 12, 1823; d. March 20, 1825. 
vi. Joel B., b. March 25, 1826; d. April 4, 1838. 

334 

Sylvester" (.Iwa.vfl,' William,'' William,' John,' Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William "), born at Mcriden, Conn., May 21, 
1789; married first, Sarah Williams, who was born May, 



196 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1784. He married second, Sarah Burnett. He was a farmer, 
and owned and ran a sawmill. Removed to Brookfield, 
Ohio, about 181 7; lived 55 years on the same farm. He 
died Oct. 29, 1872. 

Children : 

i. Susan,9 b. Oct. 6, 1812. 

691. ii. Reuben Williams, b. March 22, 1815. 
iii. Mary Eliza, b. July 22, 1817. 

692. iv. Lauren, b. April 27, 1820. 

693. V. Alvah, b. March i, 1825. 

vi. Sarah Lovina, b. June 27, 1826. 

335 

William' {Amasa,' William^ William,^ John* William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born March 14, 1794; married first, 
Dec. 25, 1820, Ann Eliza Merriam, born Feb. i, 1803, died 
Jan. 17, 1858. He married second, March 2, i860, Eliza 
Parsons, of Berlin. He resided at Meriden, Conn. ; was a 
peddler and merchant. 

He died June 24, 1873. He had no children, but adopted 
two: 

i. Lucina, daughter of his brother, Stephen Rice Merriam; m. 

Jan. 19, 1852, Bela Andrews, of Ohio. 
ii. William R., son of Anson M., who d. March 7, 1870. 

336 

Alvah' {Amasa,'' William,^ William,' John,' William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born at Meriden, Conn., June 27, 1799; 
married May 2, 1840 (name not given). 

A merchant in Meriden, Conn.; died Aug. 4, 1878. 

Children : 

i. Franklin M.,« b. Dec. 29, 1841. 

ii. Edward Marshall, b. Nov. i, 1843. 

iii. Gilbert Rice, b. Sept. 2, 1845; d. April 28, 1868. 

iv. Susan Moseley, b. Sept. 3, 1848; d. Sept. 14, 185 1. 

V. Charles Alvah, b. Sept. 13, 1850; d. Jan. 29, 1872. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 197 

337 

Samuel Amasa * {Amasa,' William,^ William,^ John," 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born Aug. 24, 1810; married 
Jan. I, 1833, Eliza Content, daughter of Enos Brooks, born 
March 6, 1810, died Dec. 21, 1861. 

He died Nov. 30, 1840. 

Children : 

695. i. Henry Douglas,^ b. July 6, 1835. 

696. ii. Lucien Amasa, b. Jan. 22, 1840. 



339 

Sidney ^ {Asaph,' William;' William,' John* William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born at Meriden, Jan. 7, 1786; married 
Oct. (10) 8, 1807, Phebe Curtis. She died Aug. 19, 1872. 

He died Dec. 26, i860. 

Children : 

698. i. Seldcn.o b. July 17, i8o8. 

ii. Ro.vana, b. Sept. 3, 1809; m. Nov. 13, 1834, Asahel S. Law- 
rence; shed, (widow) Sept. 15, 1882. 
iii. Sevelia, b. March 18, 181 2; m. Nov. 20, 1834, Austin Bishop. 



340 

LAtmEN* {Asaph,' William," Williiim,' John,* William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Meriden, Conn., Aug. 24, 1787; 
married Oct. 25, 1810, Temperance Todd, born Feb. 7, 
1790. Both were members of the First Church of Meriden. 
He died May 12, 1867. She died June 20, 1868. 

Children : 

700. i. Asaph," b. July 15, i8ii. 

701. ii. Nelson, b. Sept. 21, 1813. 

iii. Hannah, b. Dec. 28, 1815; m. Oct. 10, 1833, Albert Foster; 

she d. May 8, 1850. 
iv. Mary Ann, b. March 22, 1818; ni. May 31, 1837, Joseph Sprout; 

she d. Nov. 6, 189 1. 
V. Juliette, b. June 22, 1820; m. April 25, 1839, Burdett Cannon. 

702. vi. Lawrence Todd, b. June 2, 1822. 



198 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



341 



NoAH^ (Asaph,'' William,^ William,^ John," William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born April 4, 1791; married Sept. 29, 
1814, Fanny Bishop, of North Haven, Conn., born Jan. 4, 
1793, died Oct. 11, 1871. Both were members of the First 
Church of Meriden, Conn. He died May 30, 1862. 

Children : ^/ 

i. Lavinia,9 b. Nov. 8, 1815; m. Aug. 11, 1835, Julius S. Auger, 

of New Haven, 
ii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 27, 1817; m. May 3, 1841, William Goodwill. 

703. iii. Levi, b. Dec. 17, 1820. 

704. iv. Edwin J., b. March 25, 1833. 

342 

Salmon * (Asaph,'' William,'' William,^ John," William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born April 17, 1802; married Feb. 15, 
1826, Minerva Rice, born Sept. 2, 1804; lx)th church-mem- 
bers. Residence, Meriden, Conn. 

He died Sept. i, 1857. 

Children : 

i. Sylvia,' b. March 20, 1827; m. May 16, 1848, Henry S. Merwin. 

705. ii. Ezekiel Rice, b. Feb. 26, 1830. 

iii. Lydia .^nn, b. March 21, 1832; m. July, 1855, Ira B. Doolittle. 

iv. Sarah R., b. June 25, 1834; m. Henry Goodrich. 

V. Susan Irene, b. Oct. 6, 1839 ; m. . 

vi. Harriet Elizabeth, b. April i, 1837; m. Sept. 29, 1857, Henry 

Whitacher. 

vii. Mary E., b. Aug. 7, 1842; m. Feb. 28, 1863, John S. Galpin. 

706. viii. Asaph, b. July 13, 1845. 

344 

WiLLLUi ' (William,' William,'' William,' John," William,^ 
Joseph,'' William'), born at Winstead, Conn., Sept. 14, 1794; 
married May 17, 1826, Almira North Woodruff, born at 
Berlin, Conn., March 26, 1802, died in New York City, Dec. 
20, 1871. 

He removed when a child to the town of Denmark, N. Y. ; 
went back to Connecticut and learned the trade of machin- 
ist, and removed to New York; worked with Robert Hoe 
&Co. 

He died at New York City, Dec. 2, 1853. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 199 

Children : 

i. Harriet Amanda,' b. May 8, 1827; d. May 21, 1865. 

ii. Lucius Wright, b. Nov. 30, 1828; d. March 14, 1831. 

iii. Dana Read, b. June 7, 1830; res. San Francisco, Cal. 

iv. Amelia, b. April i, 1832; m. Theodore Tucker. 

V. Eugenia Malvina, b. Oct. 31, 1834; d. Jan. i, 1836. 

vi. Almira Woodruff, b. Nov. 30, 1835; d. Sept. 4, 1837. 

vii. Louise Rich, b. Oct. 12, 1838; d. April 6, 1839. 

viii. Helen Gale, b. July 22, 1843. 

345 

Levi * {Joel,' Thomas^ William,^ John* William,^ Joseph,' 

William^), born 1784; married . 

He was a tin peddler in 18 10. 

Children : 

i. Betsey,' b. 1813; m. May 13, 1834, George Buckingham. 
707. ii. David K., b. Nov. 14, 1815, at Plymouth, Ct. 

34G 

Allen * {Thomas,'' Thomas,'' William,' John,' William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born June i, 1796; married Jan. 14, 
1819, at Harpersfield, N. Y., where he had gone with his 
father as a child, Pcrmelia Ilutchings, born March 2, 1800, 
died May 19, 1871. 

Resided at Rockbury, N. Y., till about 1828, when they 
removed to Cicero, N. Y. In 1843 they removed to Linn, 
Wis., where he was a prosperous farmer. He died at the 
home of his son Fordyce, April 15, 1879. A man respected 
and beloved. 

Children : 

i. Henry," b. Oct. 3, 18 19. 

70S. ii. Jcihn, b. May 15, 1821. 

iii. Orin, b. Feb. 12, 1823; m. Amelia , who d. Dec. 15, 

1856; he d. Jan. 31, 1848. 

iv. Polly, b. May 25, 1825; m. Leonard Hill. 

709. V. Amzy, b. July 3, 1827. 

vi. William, b. Oct. 25, 1829. 

vii. Hamilton, b. May 23, 1832. 

viii. Fordyce B., b. Oct. 13, 1834. 

ix. Phebe Ann, b. July 15, 1837; m. Nov., i860, George Barr. 

X. Noah, b. Sept. 30, 1839. 



200 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

347 

Harvey ^ {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ William,^ John* William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Northfield, Conn., Jan. 5, 1798; 
married Polly Jenkins. 

He was a farmer in Delaware County, and afterward at 
Cicero, N. Y. 

He died June 15, 1855. 

Children : 

710. i. Allen,*' b. Oct. 4, 1823. 

ii. Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1825; m. Jan. 10, 1847, John McCuUoch. 

711. iii. Nathan, b. Feb. 2, 1828. 

iv. Franklin, b. March 30, 1830; m. Mary Ann Probston. 

V. Celinda, b. May 21, 1832; m. Albert Gillett. 

vi. Clarissa, b. March 11, 1835; m. John Eaton, of Geneva, N. Y. 

vii. Philomela, b. Sept. 16, 1837; m. George Countryman. 

viii. Daniel Erastus, b. March, 1840; m. Sept. 18, 1872, Ella L. 

Hunter; res. Los Angeles, Cal. 

ix. Helen M., b. July 5, 1843; m. Dec. 26, 1866, Clinton Fisk. 

X. Lydia C, b. Sept. 26, 1847; m. Jan. 10, 1870, J. J. Hoffmann. 

Samuel Guernsey * {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ William,' John,' 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born Aug. 30, 1800; married 
first, Nancy Thrall, born 1802 at Manlius, N. Y. He married 
second, Sarah Hathaway, born 1810 at Goshen, N. Y. 

He resided at Cicero, Warwick, and New Haven, N. Y. 



Children: 


i. 


Artemisia." 


ii. 


William H. 


iii. 


Josephine. 


713. iv. 


George Sayer. 


V. 


Agnes. 


vi. 


Genevieve. 


vii. 


Samuel G., Jr. 


viii. 


Isabella. 


ix. 


Helen Alma. 



349 



Henry * {Thomas,'' Thomas,'' William,' John,* William,' 
Joseph,' William '), born at Schaghticoke, N. Y., Dec. 2, 
1802; married at Goshen, N. Y., Jan. i, 1833, Ann Eliza, 



EIGHTH GENERATION 201 

daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Tustin) Reeve, born there 
May 3, 1810, died Sept. i, 1901. Her grandfather, Col. 
Benjamin Tustin, was a Revolutionary officer, and was killed 
in the battle of Minnisink in 1779. 

Henry Merriam, at the age of thirteen, upon the death of 
his father, went to Litchfield, Conn., and for six years re- 
sided with his uncle, Noah Guernsey. 

For three years he engaged in sale of " Yankee notions," 
with headquarters at Elizabethtown, N. J. In 1825 he went 
to Goshen, N. Y., establishing himself with the late John 
J. Smith, in the manufacture of tinware. After twenty-four 
years (1849) they opened a general hardware store, and con- 
ducted a large and successful business until 1869, when Mr. 
Merriam retired. While his business life was successful, he 
never at any time forgot the full duty of a citizen, and was a 
liberal contributor to all local, worthy objects, and a promoter 
of the Ixst interests of society in morality and religion. For 
some twenty years he was identified with the educational 
interests of Goshen as one of the Board of Trustees of Farm- 
ers' Hall Academy, and after the organization of the Goshen 
Bank in 185 1 was for many years a director. 

He was never solicitous of official position, and never held 
office except to serve as supervisor for one term. 

He died at Goshen, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1893. 

Children : 

Helen," b. Feb. 13, 1834. 
Henry Guernsey, b. March 5, 1836. 
Charles Edward, b. June 26, 1838. 
James Reeve, b. Dec. 3, 1841; d. Dec. 20, 1842. 
Isaac Reeve, b. March 8, 1844; d. June 2, 1845. 
Frank Augustus, h. June 27, 1846. 
723. vii. Alexander Ross, b. Jan. 20, 1849. 
viii. Alma Eveleth, b. July 11, 185 1. 

350 

Noah * (Thomas,'' Thomas," Wiliiam,^ John,-* William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Providence, N. Y., Sept. 17, 
1805; married at Cicero, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1829, Mary Ann 
Brown, born at German Flats, N. Y., June 22, i8ti, died 
at Syracuse, N. Y., March 28, 1905. 

Resided at Cicero, N. Y. He died Dec. 30, 1878. 



720. 


!: 


721. 


iii. 




iv. 




v. 


722. 


vi. 



202 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Polly Jane," b. Nov. 19, 1830; m. Feb. 6, 1850, Seymour Skiff, 
a descendant of the Massachusetts pioneer, James Skiff, 
(Plymouth, 1636), b. at Selina, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1825, d. 
at Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1900. 

Children : 

1. MariUa Z. Skiff, b. Jan. 9, 1851. 

2. Mary Merriam Skiff, b. May 8, 1852; m. Sept. 8, 1875, 

James Hooker Wells, Wilcox, Pa., b. March 5, 1854. 

Children : 

(i) Charles Skiff Wells, b. Aug. 18, 1876; d. in childhood. 

(2) Mabel Wells, b. Nov. 3, 1877. 

(3) Ethel Wells, b. June 23, 1879 ; d. in childhood. 

(4) James Garfield Wells, b. Oct. 6, 1880; d. in childhood. 

3. Ella A. Skiff, b. July 8, 1856. 

4. Charles H. SkitT, b. June 14, 1858; m. Feb. 28, 1889, Anna 

Nicholson, Syracuse, N. Y. 

5. George Skiff, b. Sept. 14, 1859; d. April 19, 1861. 

6. George Z. Skiff, b. Oct. 22, 1861; m. Feb. 28, 1889, Ella 

Nicholson. 

7. Clara Loomis Skiff, b. Dec. 25, 1867; m. Feb. 28, 1900, 

Henry George Snow, b. Sept. 25, 1854- 

Child: Catherine Polly Snow, b. March 3, igo6. 
724. ii. Henry HoUister, b. April 25, 1832. 

iii. Helen Amanda, b. May 10, 1833; m. Nov. 15, 1855, Jeffer- 
son Brown, b. June 25, 1834, d. at Wilcox, Pa., Dec. 12, 
1897. 
Children : 

1. Lura Merriam Brown, b. April i, 1857; m. Aug. 27, 1879, 

Emmitt G. Latte, of Friendship, N. Y. 

Children : 

(i) Jefferson Brown Latte, b. July 30, 1880; served in Co- 

L, 2d N. Y. Vol. Inf. in Cuban-Spanish War; grad. 

Columbia Medical Coll., 1905. 

(2) Frank Raymond Latte, b. May 15, 1888. 

(3) Hubert Isaac Latte, b. March 4, 1893. 

2. Emma Gillis Brown, b. Sept. 11, i860; m. June 27, 1889, 

Daniel Kingsbury Condon, of Philadelphia, Pa. 

Children : 

(i) Helen Merriam Condon, b. Oct. 6, 1890. 

(2) Catherine Estelle Condon, b. Jan. 30, 1892. 

3. Frank Rasselas Brown, b. April 5, 1867; m. Aug. 14, 1890, 

Bertha A. Clearwater. 

Child: Helen Elizabeth Brown, b. Sept. 7, 1895. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 203 

iv. Clara, b. Jan. 8, 1835; m. Henrv H. Loomis; she d. Tan. 3, 
1888. 

Children : 

1. Edwin Leroy Loomis, b. April 6, 1858; m. Jan. 20, 1880, 

Emma F. Nicholson. 

2. Dora May Loomis, b. May 6, 1861 ; m. Oct. 2, 1884, Dwight 

H. Murray. 

Children : 

(i) H. Loomis Murray, b. Nov. 3, 1888. 

(2) Clara Margaret Murray, b. May 8, 1894. 

3. Anna Grace Loomis, b. Sept. 13, 1871; m. June 5, 1896, 

J. E. Humphrey. 

Child : 

Henry Loomis Humphrey, b. Sept. 4, 1901. 
724a. V. Isaac Brown, b. April, 1839. 
724b. vi. Thomas, b. April 13, 1842. 

vii. Ann Eliza, b. Dec. i, 1845; m. Nov. 14, 1872, Phincas Stod- 
dard Ernhout, of W'ilco.x, Pa.; removed in 1892 to Syracuse, 
N. Y. 

Child: 

Merriam Ernhout, b. Sept. 23, 1879; m. Jan. 3, 1906, James 
Phillips Barnes. 

351 

Selden Noyes " {Reuben,' Thomas,'' William,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Schagticoke, N. Y., 
Sept. 26, 1799; married Nov. 13, 1823, Lydia Porter, born 
March 28, 1806. 

Ho removed in 1816 with his parents to Lowell, Ohio; was 
a farmer till 181 7, when he became a merchant. 

Children : 

725. i. Willard Davis," b. Jan. 12, 1825. 

ii. Artcsia, b. Nov. 6, 1827 ; m. at Mt. Vernon, O. ; d. Nov. 5, 1875. 

iii. Levi, b. June 15, 1830; d. Sept. 3, 1836. 

iv. Armenia, b. Feb. 15, 1832; d. of consumption, Dec. 16, 1869. 

726. V. Wallace B., b. May 19, 1834. 
vi. Arteliza, b. Oct. 31, 1836. 

vii. Willis Noyes, b. Jan. 27, 1839; d. July 16, 1841. 

viii. Lydia Almira, b. June 7, 1841. 

ix. William Smith, b. July 3, 1843; d. Aug. 14, 1866. 

X. Arcelia, b. Dec. 5, 1846; m. June, 1869, Robert L. Donnell. 



204 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



352 



William Prince ** (Reuben,'' Thomas," William,' John,* 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born at Scaghticoke, N. Y., 
Dec. 31, 1801; married May 21, 1829, in East Poultney, 
Vt., Armenia Giddings, born Dec. 13, 1804, in Williamstown 
(Mass.). 

Resided at East Poultney and at Rutland, Vt. He died 
Dec. II, 1886. 

Children : 

727. i. Edwin Noble,^ b. May 12, 1830. 

ii. Martha Eliza, b. Sept. 18, 1834; m. C. L. Long, 
iii. Ellen Cornelia, b. April 18, 1849; m. June 13, 1876, Benja- 
min S. Eldridge. 

Reuben Hart* {Reuhcii,'' Thomas," William,' John,' 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born Dec. 17, 1807; mar- 
ried Elizabeth Holemback. 

Child : 

Mary,9 lived near Knightstown, la. 



354 

Moses ^ (Reuben,'' Thomas," William,' John,'' William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Green Mountains, near Troy, 
N. Y., Aug. 10, 1815; married Nov. 16, 1837, Rosella, daugh- 
ter of Daniel and Rosella (Putnam) Griswold, of Stanley, 
Conn., born Feb. 24, 1820, died Feb. 28, 1868. 

He was a marble worker and dealer in marble; resided 
at Chilicothe, Ohio ; lost his property at the great fire in that 
place. 

He died May 26, 1870. 

Children : 

i. Mary Augusta,' b. Feb. 19, 1840. 

728. ii. Charles Putnam, b. June 19, 1842. 

iii. William Noyes, b. Dec. 24, 1844; d. May 20, 1846. 

iv. Julia Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1847. 

V. Margaret Young, b. Jan. 25, 1850. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 205 

vi. Ella Gertrude, b. Oct. 2, 1852; m. Sept. 17, 1872, Eugene 

T. S. Pannenberg. 
vii. Isaac Haire (Harry), b. Feb. i, 1855. 
viii. Annetta Virginia, b. Oct. 23, 1857. 
ix. Rosella Stanley, b. July 19, i860. 
X. Anna B., b. May 24, 1863. 

355 

William M.^ (Asahel,'' Thomas,^ William,^ John,' William,^ 
Joseph,' Wiliiam'), born March 13, 1810; married May 3, 
1835, Sophia Mills. 

He was a farmer, and lived on the old homestead farm at 
Harpersfield, N. Y. He died Feb. 12, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Fayette S.,' b. Feb. 6, 1838; d. May 31, 1840. 
ii. Albert W., b. March 26, 1842. 
iii. Henry I., b. Oct. 5, 1844; d. .Vijril 28, 1849. 
iv. Lucy M., b. Oct. 28, 1849; f"- ^^S- 3i' 1869, Stephen C. Van 
Dyck. 

John Goodsell ** {John,'' John I' William/ John,' Will- 
iant,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Paris, N. Y., Sept. 29, 
1806; married July, 1830, S. Maria Dutcher, who died at 
Lake Mills, Wis. 

He was a shoemaker and minister; resided at Volncy, 
N. Y., in Ohio, and at Jefferson, Fort Atkinson, and Lake 
Mills, Wis. 

Children : 

i. Althea V.," b. May 27, 183 1 ; d. Feb. 9, 1837. 

ii. Albina B., b. Feb. 8, 1833; m. George E. Griswold. 

iii. Sarah M., b. June 9, 1843; m. May i, 1861, E. F. Nash. 



357 

Thomas Penfield * (John,'' John,'' William,^ John,' Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Clinton, N. Y., Nov. 7, 
1808; married Mary A. Fairhurst at Adrian, Mich., where 
they resided. She died April 25, 1891. 



206 MEREIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. William Francis," b. June 5, 1849; d. Sept. 12, 1851. 

ii. Kate Heloise, b. Oct. 22, 1851; d. Sept. 12, 1857. 

iii. Florence Augusta, b. March 28, 1861; d. Sept. i, 1873. 

358 

George Penet ^ {John,'' John^ William,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Clinton, N. Y., Jan. 13, 
1812; married at Sharon, March 3, 1841, Harriet V. Rice, born 
Feb. 10, 1823. 

He was a farmer in Volney, N. Y. He died June 30, 1865. 
His widow resided at Oswego, N. Y. ; died Jan. 2, 1906. 

Children : 

i. Jennie L.,' b. Aug. 12, 1847. 

729. ii. George W., b. Dec. 6, 1862; d. Jan. 26, 1888, at Oswego, N. Y. 

359 

William Wayne ^ {John,'' John," William,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William'), born at Volney, N. Y., April 25, 
1814; married March 16, 1837, Lavinia Wright, born at 
Volney, N. Y., Dec. 26, 181 7. 

He died Aug. 24, 1869. 

Children : 

i. Mary Ellen," b. Jan. 31, 1838, at Fulton, N. Y. 
ii. Melvina Acelia, b. Jan. 14, 1842, at Mexico, N. Y. 
iii. Lucinda Cordelia, b. Nov. 24, 1843. 

360 

Charles John * {Peter,'' John," William,'^ John,'* Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William'), born at Harpersfield, N. Y., Oct. 
22, 1812; married Jan. 19, 1848, Mary Thorp. 

He was at Stamford, Conn., in 1894, blind. 

Children : 

i. Everett F.," b. Nov. 21, 1848; m. Oct. 7, 1874, Annie L. Shurt- 
liff. 

730. ii. Peter I., b. Dec. 29, 1850. 

iii. Hannah E., b. Oct. 9, 1853 ; m. 

iv. Julia C, b. July 28, 1856; m. Oct. i, 1879, Jay Peck. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 207 

362 

Area ** (Ephraim,'' Benjamin,'' Joseph,'^ John,'* William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born at Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 13, 
1788; married Oct., 1809, Julia Curtis. 

She was received into the Meriden church in 181 5, and 
the note was made later that she had removed to the South. 

Child : 

Emmeline,' m. Thompson; res. at Olathe, Kan. 

363 

Ephraim Augustus " (Ephraim,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ John,* 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born Feb. 10, 1792; married 
first, a wife who died May, 18 16. He married second, Nov. 
12, 181 7, Elizabeth (Betsey) Hotchkiss. She died June, 
1865. They were received to the Meriden church, Sept., 
1829. 

He removed to the southern part of Ohio in 1835. 

Children : 

i. A child,' who d. Feb. 15, 1817. 

731. ii. Charles, b. Aug. 26, 1818. 

iii. Mary, b. Nov. 25, i8ig; d. Feb. 10, 1859. 

iv. Frederick A., b. Oct. 26, 1825; m. in Zancsville, O. 

V. Nancy Maria, b. Feb. 13, 1828; m. Green Spurrier. 

vi. James Edmund, b. Dec. 24, 1830. 

vii. Harriet Bethia, b. April 11, 1833; m. William Yocomb. 

viii. Ro.xa, b. March 17, 1837; d. Feb. 24, 1840. 

364 

Zera * (Aaron,'' Benjamin,'' Joseph,- John,* William,' 
Joseph," William'), born Oct. i, 1789; ni. Feb. 8, 1816, 
Sabara Jones. She died June 13, 1863. 

Resided some time at Cazcnovia, N. Y. ; removed to Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. He invented the articles known as " corn-balls," 
and made and sold them for years; gave up the business 
when rivals in business Ix-gan to cheapen them by substi- 
tuting glucose for the pure sugar syrup he had used in the 
manufacture. Was a man of great conscientiousness and 
stern opposition of wrong. 

He died Nov. 6, 1870. 



208 MEREIAil GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Lucy Marriott," b. Nov. 25, 1818; m. Dec. 28, 1842, Abram 
C. Van Epps; d. Sept. 23, 1890, at .A.sbury Park, N. J. 

ii. Harriet Thankful, b. March 6, 1821; m. Dec. 29, 1840, Louis 
H. Dewey; d. July 10, 1854. 
732. iii. George Stanley,"* b. March 22, 1823. 

iv. Edmund Jones, b. July 22, 1825; d. unm. 

V. Salina Almira, b. Aug. 5, 1827; m. Sept. 4, 1859, James J. 
Dewey; d. Jan. 2, 1870. 



365 

Uri ^ (Aaran,'' Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ JoJui,-* William,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born Sept. 16, 1794; married Jan. i, i8ig, 
Minerva Clark; she died Dec. 28, 1871. 

He removed to Fenner, N. Y., which was the birthplace 
of his three eldest children; then to Jasper, N. Y., and later 
to Cazenovia, N. Y., where he died Sept. 30, 1841. 

Children : 

i. Eliza," b. April 11, 1821. 

733. ii. Halsey R., b. Nov. 24, 1823. 

734. iii. Albert, b. May 13, 1826. 

iv. Uri E., b. June 26, 1831; d. Sept. 7, 1832. 
V. Mary S., b. Feb. 16, 1834; m. Jan. 6, 1853, Samuel Dennis. 
vi. Esther A., b. Aug. 15, 1836; m. June 28, 1857, Newell D. 
Robinson. 



366 

C\Tius * (Aaron,'' Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ John,'^ William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born June 2, 1804; married May 26, 
1829, Myra Dimon, at Bainbridge, N. Y. 

Resided at Cazenovia, N. Y. 

He died April 19, 1879. 

Children : 

735. i. Alba Dimon," b. April 14, 1830. 

736. ii. Iram Zera, b. Sept. 7, 1832. 

iii. Esther A., b. July 25, 1834; d. Aug. 20, 1835. 
iv. Alvin Oscar, b. Aug. 12, 1839; d. Dec. 17, 1876. 
v. Martha A., b. July 13, 1843; m. Dr. N. W. Beckwith; res. 
Ottawa, 111. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 209 

367 

Elizuk ^ (Benjamin,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,'^ John* William,^ 
Joseph," William'), born at Meridcn, Conn., Nov. lo, 1804; 
married first, Aug. 18, 1833, Nancy Sugdcn, at Hartland, 
Conn. She died at Whitclake, Mich., March 18, 1838. He 
married .second, March 20, 1839, Abigail A. Giblx)ns, at 
Granville, Conn. She died at Granby, Conn., Aug. 10, 1843. 
He married third, July 2, 1844, Sarah Miner, at Granville, 
Conn. 

Children : 

i. Mary Ellen," b. Feb. 13, 1835; m. May i, 1856, Edwin H. 

Seymour, 
ii. Abigail Lucretia, b. Feb. 25, 1840; m. Sept. 24, 1868, I. F. 

Morgan, 
iii. Almira, b. July 10, d. Sept. 28, 1843. 



308 

Ahira * {Benjamin,'' Benjamin'' Joseph,^ John,* William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born at Granby, Conn.. March 28, 1806; 
married June 23, 1840, Roxy Kendall, Ixirn March 17, 1S07. 
He followed the business of clock-selling in the South and 
West for ten years; came home, married, and settled down 
on the old homestearl. He died Oct. 21, 1880. 

Children : 

i. Julia R.,» b. May 12, 1842. 

ii. Isabella L., b. May 2, 1844; m. Sept. 4, 1862, Oliver C. Dick- 
enson. 

iii. M. Ella, b. Feb. 7, 1853; m. May 29, 1877, Marshall C. Hayes, 
who was b. May 14, 1847. 



3()9 

Hubbard** (Joseph,' Joseph," Joseph,'^ John,' William,' 
Joseph,' William'), born at Meriden, Conn., Feb. 4, 1799; 
married Oct. 15, 1823, Lavinia Bishop, born Aug. 5, 1795. 

Children : 

i. Isaac H.,' b. April 20, 1825; d. in California, June 9, 1865, 
unm. 



210 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

ii. Laura Ann, b. Jan. 3, 1827; m. (i) Lyman Mix; m. (2) Calvin 

Wooding, 
iii. Harriet E., b. Aug. 9, 1830; m. Jan. 23, 1872, George W. Treat. 
739. iv. Joseph B., b. Nov. 2, 1831; res. at Meriden, Ct. 



370 

Anson * {Joseph,'' Joseph^ Joseph,^ John* William,^ Jo- 
seph,^ William'), born at Meriden, Conn., May i, 1803; 
married Jane Ellen Bunnel ; was divorced. He married 
second, Oct. 22, 1826, Mary, daughter of Ammadeus and 
Huldah (Merriam) Botsford. 

He died Oct. 14, 1832. 

Children : 

740. i. James Elliot," b. May 5, 1830. 

ii. William Royce, b. Nov. 17, 1831; was adopted by William 
(son of Amasa) Merriam; m. July 29, 1855, Julia E. Royce; 
d. March 9, 1870. 

372 

Edward Scovill ** {Joseph 5.,' Isaac ^ Joseph,^ John," 
William,^ Joseph,^ William'), born at Watertown, Conn., 
July 16, 1784; married Julia, daughter of Burr and Su- 
sannah (Kimberly) Beecher. Her father was a cousin of Rev. 
Lyman Beecher. 

Mr. Merriam was a wool carder and cloth worker. He 
was endowed with fine musical abilities, and transmitted his 
faculties in this line to his children, the sons becoming teachers 
and the youngest daughter achieving high celebrity as a vo- 
calist. 

He died at the comparatively early age of forty-six, leav- 
ing a large family with small means of support. The chil- 
dren were scattered to find homes among friends and rela- 
tives; yet all have done well in life, and have lived long, 
several passing the marks which are currently set for " the 
years of our pilgrimage." He died Oct. 2, 1831. 

Children : 

742. i. George Washington,'' b. July 24, 1812. 

ii. Abigail, b. June 9, 1814; m. John HoUis Sandband, b. in Bir- 
mingham, Eng., April 29,1812. He was many years in the 



EIGHTH GENERATION 211 

employ and a long time at the head of a department of The 
Scovill Mfg. Co. in Waterburv, Ct.; he sung in the choir 
of St. John's Church, of which he was a member. He d 
Feb. 28, 188 1. 

Children : 

1. Julia Maria Sandband, b. Jan. 19, 1836; d. Aug. 14, 1839. 

2. Elizabeth Hollis Sandband, b. June 15, 1839; m. Oct. 13, 

1875, Roderick Samuel Woodruff, druggist, b. in Water- 
bury, Ct., Sej)t. II, 1843, his sec. mar.; now a commercial 
traveller. 

3. Frederick Augustus Sandband, b. Aug. 30, 1841; m. Nov. 

I, 1871, Mary Elizabeth Hunt, of New York Citv, b. Nov. 
I, 1845. Res. N. Y. City, 
iii. Mary Ann, b. June 5, 1816; m. Charles Perkins, of Bethany, Ct. 
743. iv. Joseph Burr, b. Sept. 20, 18 18. 

v. Julia, b. Dec. 8, 1820; m. Oct. 21, 1849, Oscar R. Hyde, 
vi. Lucy Bryan, b. Feb. 22, 1823; m. Joseph Pennell, a native 
of Maine, a graduate of Water\'ille College; rem. to So. 
Norwalk, Ct. 
vii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1825; m. Dec. 19, 1844, Seymour Haw- 
ley Welton. Res. Washington, Ct. 

Children : 

1. Bela Seymour Welton, b. Jan. 7, 1846; d. Aug. 19, 1867. 

2. Richard Merriam Welton, b. Dec. 20, 1854; m. Emilie, 

daughter of George and Mary (Glover) Beardsley, b. at 
Soulhington, Ct., Oct. 4, 1854. 

Children : 

(i) Louis Spencer Welton, b. Jan. 25, 1880; Sec. Knicker- 
bocker Syndicate, New York City. 
(2) Marion Beardsley Welton, b. Aug. 3, 1883. 

3. Benjamin Morehouse Welton, b. June 10, 1857; d. May 

9, 1858. 
viii. Maria Scovill, I). Aug. 15, 1829; was adopted after her father's 
death by Josejjh B. and Sarah A. Brainerd, and has always 
borne their name. Became a thoroughly trained and artis- 
tic singer; was a member of several eminent church choirs 
and a soloist in concerts, especially in oratorio and other 
classic music. Residence, New York City. 

374 

Chester* {Joseph 5.,' Isaac^ Joseph,^ John,'' William,' 
Joseph,' William '), l»rn at Watcrtown, Conn., May 30, 
1791; married in 1813 Fanny Spring, born in 1791, died 
Feb. 28, 1837. 

They resided in Watertown, Conn. 

He died June 7, 1829. 



212 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

744. i. John Woodruff « b. March 13, 1815. 

ii. Martha B., b. Nov. 6, 1816; m. April 26, 1833, G. J. Frost; 

she d. Aug. 5, 1853. 
iii. Sarah Scovill, b. Aug. 12, 1820; m. Aug. 5, 1839, Pitkin, 

son of John and Hannah (Root) Bronson. She d. June 12, 

1876. They resided at Waterbury, Ct. He removed to St. 

Louis, Mo., after 1876; d. April 13, 1903, ae. 87. 

Children : 

1. John Treadwell Bronson, b. July 24, 1842; m. Oct. 11, 

1866, Mattie, dau. of Christian and Esther (Witman) 
Kauffman, b. Dec. 30, 1838. Res. at St. Louis, Mo., 
New Orleans, La., and Boston, Mass., where he d. March 
I, 1895. 

Children : 

(i) Nellie Maude Bronson, b. Sept. 3, 1867. 

(2) Edwin Stanard Bronson, b. Dec. 21, 1869. 

(3) Leila May Bronson, b. May 23, 1871. 

2. Edward Pitkin Bronson, b. April 27, 1847; ni. at Detroit, 

Mich., March 22, 1876, Ida Emeline, dau. of Samuel Still- 
man and Eliza (Norton) Robinson, b. at W. Claremont, 
N. H. June 27, 1851. Res. at Nashville, Tenn. 
ten years, in Chicago, 111. 17 years, and removed to Chester, 
111. in 1905. 

Children : 

(1) John Stanard Bronson, b. Sept. 18, 1878. 

(2) Ethel Robinson Bronson, b. Dec. 23, 1880. 

(3) Mildred Merriam Bronson, b. May 31, 1884. 

3. Sarah Ellen Bronson, b. Aug. 20, 1849; rn- ^^ Waterbury, 

Ct., June I, 1871, John W. Kauffman, bro. of her eldest 
bro.'s wife; he was b. at Dayton, O., Jan. 5, 1844; 
served in the nth Iowa Vol. Inf.; settled at St. Louis, 
Mo.; was a successful and generous man; d. in May, 1905. 

Children : 

(i) Bert Bronson, b. June 10, 1872; drowned at Ports- 
mouth, N. H., Aug. 23, 1900. 

(2) Violet Bronson, b. Dec. 19, 1882. 

(3) Marguerite Bronson, b. Feb. 3, 1889. 

4. Wilford Nettleton Bronson, b. March 17, 1855; m. Aug. 

18, 1880, Cynthia (Tinnie) Mary Brown, b. June 7, 1865. 
He was run over by an engine at the Union station at Buf- 
falo, N. Y., and d. soon — on " Thanksgiving Day," 1896. 

Children : 

(i) Wilford Howard Bronson, b. March 11, 1887. 
(2) Hugh Kauffman Bronson, b. July 31, 1890. 
745. iv. Charles Isaac, b. Aug. 11, 1824. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 213 

375 

Daniel Palmer * {James, ^ Isaacf" Joseph; John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Watertown, Conn., Sept. 
I, 1799; married March 24, 1818, Rosina Polly Beers, born 
June 17, 1797. She died at Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 12, 
1878. 

He was in partnership with Thomas Higginbotham and 
James Howard, owning and running a cotton mill at North 
Adams. They got up the first power loom for making coarse 
shirtings in this country. Lost heavily there and subsequently 
at Lanesboro by fires. Superintended McKay and Hoadley's 
factory at Pittsfield for the manufacture of engines and ma- 
chinery for mills; travelled widely, installing products; set 
up the first portable steam sawmill at Green Bay, Wis. Took 
charge of a similar establishment at Atkins, Pa., in 185 1. 
Was stricken with paralvsis in 1857, and died at Binghamton, 
N. Y., April 21, i860. 

Children : 

746. i. Joseph Parker," b. Jan. 16, 1819. 

747. ii. Scovill Sturgis, b. Feb. 7, 1822. 

iii. Almira, b. at North .\dams, Mass., Nov. 9, 1823; m. March 
3, 1842, L. L. Parsons; d. in Worcester, July 3, 1851. 

iv. Maria Rosina, b. do. Feb. 14, 1831; m. at Pittsfield, Jan. i, 
1846, Thomas Austin Sedgwick; d. at Utica, N. Y., Oct. 
25, 1881. 

748. V. Charles Daniel, b. at Pittsfield, Oct. 1, 1835; d. at Angola, 

Ind., Oct. 28, 1864. 

749. vi. Russell Beers, b. do. Nov. 2, 1842. 



379 

Royal Gardner," (Daniel />.,' Marshall,'' Joseph,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William '), horn in JefTerson County, 
N.Y., July 12, 1810; married July i, 1850, Helen M. Le 
Roy, born Dec. 6, 182 1, died Sept. 27, 1902. 

He was a teacher for eight years. For twenty-three years 
manufactured carriages at Champion, near Carthage, N. Y., 
until 1861 ; after that a man of leisure, an independent thinker 
and writer, clear and vigorous. 

He died at Port Huron, Mich., April 12, 1888. 



214 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Franklin L.,« b. April 25, 1851; d. Jan. 20, 1855. 

750. ii. De Witt Clinton, b. Dec. 2, 1853. 

iii. Emma L., b. Nov. 5, 1859; m. Sept. 20, 188 1, Oliver Brewster 
Babcock, M.D.; res. Springfield, 111. 

Child: 

Helen Madeline Babcock, b. June 11, 1887. 

751. iv. Seward Lincoln, b. at Romeo, Mich., March 18, 1862. 

381 

Zelotes Dodridge * {Daniel D.,' Marshall,^ Joseph,^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,'' William'), born Jan. 2, 1818; mar- 
ried first, Aug. II, 1840, Lorinda Fitts, born April 12, 1816, 
died Aug. 3, 1849. He married second, Nov. 11, 1855, Mrs. 
Adele (Guyot) Patterson, born July 21, 1824. 

He died at Carthage, N. Y., in 1904. 

Children : 

i. Josephine Emma,* b. June 19, 1845; "i- J'l"- 7i 1875, Oscar 

Hopkins; res. in Cuba, N. Y. 
ii. Victor Zelotes, b. April 18, 1864; res. Carthage, N. Y. 

382 

Willis Gaylord * {Daniel £).,' Marshall,'' Joseph,"^ John," 
William,^ Joseph," William'), born March 18, 1822; resides 
at Oberlin, Ohio. 

383 

Stephen J. * {Sylvester,'' Marshall,'' Joseph,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph," TFj7//aw '), born at Champion, N. Y., Nov. 8, 
1816; married at La Grange, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1840, Fidelia 
Humphrey, who died June 20, 185 1. He married second, 
Aug. 21, 1851, Nancy Matilda Helm. 

Children : 

i. Mary L.," b. Nov. 15, 1841; d. Oct. 20, 1842. _ 

754. ii. William E., b. Aug. 22, 1843. 

iii. Charlotte M., b. Feb. 6, 1846; m. Sept. 19, 1864, Francis E. 
Jacobs. 

755. iv. Royal H., b. Sept. 3, 1853; m. March 23, 1873, Susan P. Has- 

tings. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 215 

384 

Marshall S. ** (Sylvester,'' Marshall^' Joseph,^ John* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Champion, Ohio, 
Nov. 19, 1818; married at La Grange, Ohio, July 4, 1841, 
Rebecca Goss. 

He was a physician at La Grange and at Centerton, Ohio. 

Children : 

i. Addie," b. July 5, 1845 ; m. Nov. 6, 1872, Judson .\. Trua.x. 

ii. Virginia Alice, b. Aug. 16, 1851; a teacher. 

iii. Flora Alberta, b. April 8, 1853; d. Sept. 3, 1874. 

iv. Eugene .\ugustus, b. Nov. 21, 1858. 



385 

EuROTUs Driggs * (Sylvester,^ Marshall,'' Joseph,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Champion, N. Y., 
July 14, 1824; married first, Oct. 30, 1852, I.ucia De.xter 
Preston, who died in 1862. He married second, June 8, 
1862, Mrs. Laura Ann Hooker. She survives and resides in 
Hudson, S. Dak. He was a physician. He resided at La 
Grange, Ohio, a long time; removed to Oberlin, Ohio. 

Children : 

i. Nellie Adeline,' b. July 30, 1853; m. 1880, Willis Walker. 
Children : 

Charles, Harry, and Harold Walker, 
ii. Lucia Preston, m. Edward Woodruff. 
758. iii. Charles .•\nthony, b. Aug. 29, 1863. 

iv. Minnie Myrtle, b. Aug. 4, 1865; m. 1888, Charles Henry 
Atherton. Res. at Honolulu, Haw. Is. 

Children : 

1. Violet Merriam Atherton, b. Sept. 14, 1889. 

2. Juliette Montague Atherton, b. June 9, 1891. 

3. Laura .\nnis Atherton, b. .*\ug. 12, 1893. 

iii. Kittie May, b. June 16, 1837; m. 189 1, Daniel Hebard 
Case. Res. at Wailuku, Maui, Haw. Is. 

Children : 

1. Adriel Hebard Case, b. Nov. 20, 1893. 

2. Cleo Anita Case, b. Feb. 13, 1895. 

3. Laura Althea Case, b. March 6, 1902. 



216 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

iv. Frank Eurotus, b. Jan. 9, 1870. 

V. William Harvey, b. Nov. 5, 1872; grad. Oberlin Coll. 1894; 
Univ. of Penn., M. D., 1902; asst. physician at Bourne- 
wood Hospital, Brookline (Mass.), 1903-5; in general prac- 
tice at Fredericksburg, O., 1906. 

vi. Maggie Bell, b. June 8, 1874; d. April 17, 1875. 

vii. Carrie Amelia, b. March 5, 1877; m. in 1902, Charles Albert, 
son of Albert and Miranda Downs, of Hudson, So. Dak. 

Child: 

Lucille Elizabeth Downs, b. Dec. 7, 1905. 



390 

William ^ {John,'' John'' John,^ John,"* Joseph,^ Joseph," 
William^), born at Walpole, N. H., March 17, 1787; mar- 
ried at Barton, Vt., which was his home, Persis Robinson. 
She died Sept. 24, 1879. 

He was a farmer. He died Jan. i, 1816. 

Children : 

759. i. Albert,«b. July, 18 13. 

760. ii. William, b. Oct. 16, 1815. 



391 

Luther^ {John,'' John," John,^ John,'* Joseph,'' Joseph,'' 
William^), born at Walpole, N. H., April 24, 1790; married 
at Barton, Vt., May 22, 1820, Sarah A., daughter of Stephen 
K. and Ohve (Allen) Dexter, born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
May 14, 1798, died Dec. 25, 1893. 

He resided at Barton, Vt. ; was a farmer; a representa- 
tive to the legislature in 1846. 

He died Oct. 10, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Angelica S.,' b. April 7, 1821; d. unm. Nov. 16, 1874. 

ii. Sarah B., b. Oct. 18, 1822; m. David Keezer; she d. April 

7, 1856. 
iii. Sabra B., b. Sept. 24, 1824. 

iv. Julia Ann, b. June 11, 1829; m. Daniel Leavitt ; d. Oct. 9, 1848. 
v. Freeman C, b. July 30, 1831; res. in Boston; m. Oct. 26, 

1880, Caroline M. Smith; d. June 3, 1888; no children. 

Was a painter. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 211 

vi. Henr)' C, b. Oct. 14, 1833; d. unm. Jan. 17, 1888. 

vii. Henrietta C, twin with Henry, m. Dec, 1857, David Keezer. 

Child: 

Frank Mcrriam Keezer, b. April 10, 1868. 



392 

John * {John,'' John,'' John,' John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 

William '), born at Barton, Vt., Aug. 26, 1793 ; married . 

He died at Brockport, N. Y., about 1868. 

Children : 

i. Horace A. 

ii. William. 

iii. " A daughter, who m. Harvey Ball." 



394 

Daniel" {Dunicl,'' John,'' John,' John* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), lx)rn Feb. 28, 1810; married Sept. 17, 1840, 
Einily S. Robinson, born March 17, 1810. 

Resided at Walpole, N. H. ; was town officer in various 
positions many years, and representative to the Legislature 
in 1842. 

Children : 

764. i. F.llery R.,« b. April 23, 1841. 

ii. Elmon E. ? , . •, „ S 

Emily. \ •'• -^^1'^'' ^3. -844; ; ^ ^^^,^^ 

iii. Hattie L., b. Aur. 15, 1846; m. Luke J. Page, of Boston, 
iv. Jennie M., b. March 22, 1850. 
V. Susan Jane, b. .\pril 29, 1853. 



399 

SA>nTKT. ** (John,'' John!' Jonas,' John,* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), h)rn Sept. 5, 1787; married first (intention at 
Lincoln, Dec. 18, i8oq), Delphia French, "of Milford," 
who was born March 18, 1789, and died Sept. 21, 1819. He 
married second, Nov. i, 182 1, Eliza Miller, who survived 
him. He lived at Lincoln and Waltham; died Dec. 12, 1821. 



218 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

765. i. Samuel French," b. Dec. 21, 1810. 

ii. Delphia French, b. April 12, 1817; m. Jan. i, 1840, Edwin 
R. Carpenter; res. U.xbridge. 



400 

George * {John,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John,^ Joseph,^ Joseph," 
William^), born Dec. 6, 1794; married Feb. i, 1821, Mary 
Turner Atkinson, of Richmond, Va., born Feb. 17, 1801. 

He removed to Richmond, Va. ; was a ship chandler. He 
died at Newport News, Va., while on a visit to his son, April 
5, 1857. 

Children : 

i. George Hudson," b. Jan. 15, 1822; d. young. 

ii. Mary Delia, b. Oct. 25, 1823; m. Myers. 

iii. Virginia L., b. Feb. 23, 1825; d. unm. about 1877. 

iv. George H., b. Nov. 17, 1826; d. in Memphis, Tenn. 

V. Cynthia Victoria, b. July 28, 1827 ; d. in infancy, 

vi. Emily A., b. Oct. 31, 1828; m. David McMinn. 

vii. Amanda Adelaide, b. Nov., 1831; d. in infancy. 

viii. John Adams, b. March 4, 1832; d. in infancy. 

ix. John Adams, b. April 5, 1834; d. in infancy. 

.X. Mary Ann, b. March 10, 1839; d. in infancy. 



401 

Abel H.* {John,'' John!' Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born Nov. 12, 1796; married Lucy Ann Cham- 
berlain. 

Resided at Walthain. 

Children : 

i. George Hudson," d. March 24, 1838. 

ii. Lucy Louise, b. Nov. 27, 1839. 

iii. Annie M., b. May 14, 1846; d. March 23, 1853. 

767. iv. Harrison G. R., b. about 1849. 

V. John G. R., b. Aug. 12, 1850. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 219 

Francis " {John," John,'' Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born May 14, 1802; married three times; re- 
sided at Newton, Hadley, and Monson. Married in Newton, 
Dec. 18, 1823, Lucinda D. Richardson. 



403 

Lot* (Lo/,' John,'' Jonas,' John,' JosePh,' Joseph,' Will- 
iam'), born in Charlestown, July 9, 1801 ; married May 
6, 1824, Eveline B., daughter of Isaac and Mary R. Cooper, 
born in Boston in 1805. She survived him, and died July 
19, 1871, aged 66. 

He died, and his widow administered on his estate in Au- 
gust, 1840. 

Children: 

773. i. William II., li. at Charlestown. 

ii. Eliza, b. 1838; m. May 10, i860, Nathan D. Parker, clerk, 
b. in Boston, 1835. 

404 

Ei.iSHA * {Elisha,^ John,'' Jonas,' John,' Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), lx)rn in Sudbury, Jan., 1798; died in Boston, 
June II, 1868, aged 70 years and 5 months. He married 
in Boston, Feb. i, 1824, Sarah Pike. She died Feb. 15, 1846. 

He was a cabinet-maker. 

Children : 

i. Sarah E.,» b. 1824; d. Jan. 25, 1829. 

ii. Ann Kliza, b. in Charlestown, 1830; d. Jan. 9, 1852. 

774. iii. Cieorge Henry, b. in Boston, Sept. 29, 1839. 

iv. Sarah P., b. in Boston, 1833; m. there Nov. 10, 1869, Freeman 
C, son of Calvin and Mary Philbrick, b. in Brooktield, res. 
in Lowell. 

406 

Artemas * {James,' John,'' Jonas,' John,' Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born Dec. 11, i7gi ; married Sarah Jane . 

Removed about 1830 to New York City ; died about 1841. 
His widow was still residing there in 1849. 



220 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

407 

William* {James,'' John,^ Jonas,^ John,'^ Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born May 29, 1802; married first, Sept. 15, 1825, 
Electa Bailey. She died July 28, 1826 ; married second, — . 

Was a machinist and agent of factory. 

He died Oct. 20, 1832. 

Children : 

775. i. William H.,'> b. and d. July 16, 1826. 

ii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 3, 1831; m. Nov., 1858, Albert Knight; 
res. Shirley. 



408 

LoRiNG * (James,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Northfield, May 29, 1804; married April 
21, 1830, Laura Warner, born Nov. 3, 1809, died July 3, 1885. 

Resided at Charlemont. He died Dec. 16, 1894. 

Children : 

i. Laura W.,« b. July i, 1831; d. May 6, 1840. 
ii. Fannie Eunice Hooker, b. Dec. 8, 1833; m. May 11, 1853, 
Hiram H. W. Hawks. 

Child: 

Loring Merriam Hawks, b. Feb. 27, 1854; d. Dec. 28, 1883. 
iii. Elizabeth H., b. Aug. 27, 1836; m. May 11, 1858, Joseph H. 

Wilder. She d. Jan. 23, 1892. 
iv. Lucy Warner, b. Sept. 8, 1839; d. April 6, 1840. 
V. Laura Warner, b. Dec. 15, 1841 ; m. May 15, 1861, James F. 
McClellan. She d. at Colrain, July 31, 188 1. 
778. vi. Frederick William, b. July 6, 1844. 

vii. Charles Loring, b. .\ug. 15, 1847. Photographer, ex-postmaster; 

res. Shelburne Falls. 
viii. John P., b. Aug. 10, 1850; d. May 27, 185 1. 
780. ix. John Percy, b. July 26, 1863. 



409 

John P * (James,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ 

Joseph,' William'), born in Northfield, Feb. 23, 1806; mar- 
ried in 1824 Elizabeth Devine. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 221 

He was a merchant tailor; lived in Scriba, Otsego County, 
N. Y., North Adams, Mass., and Saratoga, N. Y., where he 
died in June, 1849. 

Children : 

i. John O.,' b. Nov. 24, 1825. 

ii. Solomon, ) u .uj- j- • r 

,, . ,,' ,- both died m infancy. 
Ill, rctLT Hunt, ) •' 

iv. William Henry, b. Nov. 2, 1832; became a war correspond- 
ent, a clever writer, a man of bright, social qualities; m. 
Mary A. Bull, of Washington, D. C; d. Nov. 22, 1875, 
without children. 

410 

James * (James,'' John^ Jonas,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), Ijorn at Northfield, April 9, 1814; married June 
29, 1837, Adeline, daughter of Roswcll and Eunice (Alexan- 
der) Field, torn Sept. 26, 1809, died Nov. 17, 1891. 

()nc of the leading men of Northfield; died Feb. 24, 1899. 

Children: 

i. Mary Ellen,'' b. Sept. 22, 1838. 

ii. Eunice Alexander, b. July 19, 1840; m. Oct. 12, 1872, Ed- 
ward Savage, of Montague Farms. 

iii. William Edward, b. Aug. 28, 1842; m. Helen Slate, b. Nov. 
21, 1842, d. June 28, 1899. He d. May 24, 1902. Children 
died early. 

iv. Charles Field, b. March 19, 1845; d. Oct. 7, 1876. 

V. Julia Eliza, b. May 19, 1848; d. Feb. 11, 1852. 

vi. Frank Ale.xander, b. April 13, 1852; d. Nov. 13, 1855. 



411 

Charles * (James,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), Iwrn in Northfield, June 19, 1816; married in 
1839 Anna Hayes. 

He removed to New \'ork City; was a stable-keeper. He 
died Oct. 13, 1880. 

Children : 

i. Anna Elizabeth,' b. 1843; d. 1849. 
ii. Georgiana, b. 1845, d. 1849. 
783. iii. Charles Russell, b. Dec. 14, 1854; res. in New York City; 
in business with his father. 



222 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

413 

Peter Hunt * (James,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William '), born at Northfield, Sept. 13, 1819 ; married 
Clara Watson. 

Resided in Boston. 

Children : 

i. Charles R., d. Aug. 3, 1892, ;c. 40. 

ii. Edward H. 

iii. Clara L., b. April 16, 1852; d. July 26, 1866. 

413 

Lewis * [James,'' John!' Jonas,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph,^ 
William'), born in Northfield, March 4, 1821 ; married 
Sarah, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Cook, born in 
Brookfield, N. H., Feb. 9, 1825, removed in youth to 
Dover, N. H., where she was married. They removed to 
Boston, where he was for many years a partner in the firm 
of A. N. Cook & Co., dealers in hats and furs. 

He died in Boston, July 25, 1868. Mrs. Merriam died 
Dec. 21, i8gi. The daughters reside in Boston, the surviv- 
ing son in Brookline. 

Children : 

i. Lewis Webster," b. Dec. 8, 1854; d. in infancy, 

ii. Ellen (Nellie) Amelia, b. Dec. 16, 1856. 

iii. Emily Cook, b. Sept. 21, 1859. 

785. iv. William Newell, b. Nov. 21, 1863. 

414 

Claek [J.] ^ (James,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John," Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph," William'), born in Northfield, Oct. 30, 1822; mar- 
ried at Ware, Oct. 27, 1847, Sarah Green. 

He was a shoe manufacturer. 

He died Jan. 9, 1866. 

Children : 

i. Lydia Ann," b. Aug. 15, 1848; d. May 16, 1849. 

786. ii. Edward C, b. Dec. 19, 1849. 

iii. Albert L., b. Sept., 185 1; d. July 15, 1852. 

iv. Addie M., b. Oct. 17, 1859; m. Nov. 15, 1876, Henry A., son 

of Amos and Almira .'\llen, b. in W. Brookfield; res. at Ware; 

in mercantile business. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 223 

416 

DwiGHT " {James, ^ John,'' Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
Williafn'), born in Northficid, June 25, 1826; married in 
Ware, Feb. 10, 1852, Maria, daughter of Cyrus Vernon French, 
born at Barnard, Vt., in 1831. 

Child: 

Harriet Maria, b. Nov. 27, 1862; music teacher; m. Oct. 
13, 1887, Howard E., son of Horatio and Angelina Jordan, 
1). in Newficld, Ct., in 1863; a merchant in Ware. 



418 

William * {William,'' William,'' Jottas,^ John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Harvard, March 22, 1798; mar- 
ried Aug. 17, 1825, Ro.xanna, daughter of Enoch and Re- 
becca (French) Foster. They Hved in Roxbury, N. H., after- 
ward in Nelson, N. H., then removed to Sterling, and spent 
the rest of his life there. 

He died Nov. 19, 1851, bequeathing his estate to his sur- 
viving children (by name), and to Mary T.., Henry F., Maria 
E., and Charles W. Ross, children of his deceased daughter 
Harriet. The widow married second, March 31, 1857, Levi 
Stuart, of Sterling. She died Jan. 27, 1892. 

Children : 

790. i. William,' b. May 5, 1826. 

ii. Harriet, b. Sept. 23, 1827; m. Oct. 21, 1844, W'm. J. Ross; 
she d. Sept. 22, 1849. 

791. iii. Francis, b. April 22, 1829. 

iv. Sarah E., b. March 24, 1831; d. May 30, 1857. 

V. Marian, b. Dec. 24, 1832; d. April 4, 1834. 

vi. Marian, b. June 24, 1834; d. March 12, 1839. 

vii. Roxanna, b. Jan. 14, 1836; m. Dec. 31, 1858, Raymond J. 

Walker; res. Denver, Colo, 

viii. Ruhanna (Emma), b. April 6, 1837. 

792. i.x. Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1838. 

793. X. Timothy Foster, b. March 24, 1840. 

xi. Marcia Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1841; m. (i) Feb. 22, 1866, Oscar 
A. Dorrison. He d. and she m. (2) Daniel Marsh, of Bolton. 

794. xii. George, b. April 6, 1843. 

xiii. Lucretia Elvira, b. July 10, 1845; m. Jan. 20, 1866, Joseph 
Pike Cheney, of Worcester. 

795. xiv. Abel, b. March 22, 1847. 



224 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

419 

Abel * {William,'' Williai7i,^ Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born at Chesterfield, N. H., Jan. 24, 1802; 
married first, Mary Foster, of Keene, N. H., who died Feb. 
23, 1851. He married second, July, 1852, Alice Hudson. 

He removed from Chesterfield to Sterling as a child with 
his parents, and was brought up in the latter place. Learned 
the trade of carpenter and joiner in Lancaster. Removed 
to Norwich, N. Y., about 1829, and thence to Jamestown, 
N. Y., and about i860 to Pinegrove, Pa. 

He died Dec. 23, 1872. 

Children : 

796. i. Levi Foster,' b. Feb. 24, 1827. 

796a. ii. Timothy O., b. Dec. 18, 1830; res. Falconer, N. Y. 

iii. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 21, 1833; m. Robert Wilson. 

iv. Sarah Elvira, b. April 9, 1836; m. Ezra Doolittle. 

796b. V. William A., b. April 14, 1835. 

vi. Enoch Sumner, b. Dec. 14, 1840; d. 1842. 

vii. Cynthia F., b. July 23, 1843; d. young. 

viii. Jane A., b. Jan. 12, 1847; d. Dec. 4, 1850. 

i.x. Benjamin A., b. May, 1854; res. at Pinegrove, Pa. 



420 

WiLLL\M ^ {Jonathan,'' William^ Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Camden, Me., Aug. 15, 1805; 
married Feb. 12, 1832, Maria, daughter of Moses Parker, 
born Oct. 10, 1814. 

Learned the trade of shoemaker, and worked at it some 
years. Was collector of customs under Col. Hall (Waldoboro 
district?); selectman, 1850-52; representative to the Legis- 
lature, 1848-49; State librarian, 1850; member of gover- 
nor's council, 1858-59; removed to Boston, and was in the 
custom-house, 1861-67. A man of sound judgment and 
sagacity, and most conscientious. He died July 30, 1884. 

Children : 

797. i. Andrew Jackson," b. March 4, 1833. 

ii. Celeste Maria, b. April 31, 1834; d. Jan. 3, 1836. 
797a. iii. William Parker, b. Aug. 18, 1836; res. at San Francisco, Cal. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 225 

iv. Frances Maria, b. Jan. 22, 1839; m. Aug. 20, 1872, Samuel 

C. Goodwin. 

V. Henrietta, b. Sept. 25, d. Oct. 4, 1841. 

vi. Mar)' Sophia, b. Nov. 22, 1842; d. Aug. 19, 1844. 

vii. Ellen Sophia, b. March 26, 1845. 

viii. George Washington, b. Jan. 22, 1848; d. Aug. 23, 1850. 

797b. i.x. Franklin Gleason, b. Aug. 18, 1851; res. at Boston. 

.\. Ida Angclia, b. Feb. 12, 1855. 



4-,'l 

Ezra* {Jonathan,'' William^ Jonas,^ John* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born at Camden, Me., Jan. 17, 1808; mar- 
ried twice, and had two children by the first wife. He was 
a shoemaker. 

Children: 

i. Sophia Adelaide,' b. Feb. 27, 1836. 

ii. Ezra Dailey, b. March 4, 1838; m. Ada Andrews; res. at 
Fresno, Cai. 

422 

Abel" (Jonathan,'' William'' Jonas,' John,* Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), lx)rn at Camden, Me., P'eb. 16, 1820; mar- 
ried first, Rachel D. Fuller, of Appleton, Me. ; married sec- 
ond, Hannah, daiij^diter of Edward Curtis, of Wrentham. 

He learned the caulker's trade; later went into the busi- 
ness of lime-burning, and was a merchant. 

Children : 



i. Wilson Abel,» b. July 26, 185 1. 

ii. Ward Gerry, b. April 25, 1853; d. April 16, 1854. 

iii. Charles Barrett, b. Feb. 6, 1855. 

iv. Sophia Gleason, b. July 29, 1867. 

V. Hattie Rawson, b. (of the second wife) Aug. 13, 1872. 

vi. Edward Jonas, b. March 10, 1874. 

vii. Martha A. T., b. Oct. 29, 1875. 



4,':{ 

Silas Parkhurst * (Jonas,'' William,^ Joiias,^ John,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born Dec. 31, 1801 ; married first, 
in Boston, Jan. 21, 1828, Harriet B., daughter of Jolin Sul- 



226, MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

livan. She died Oct. 3, 1834, ae. 29. He married second, 
Dec. 12, 1836, Susan M., daughter of Enos Briggs, who out- 
hved him. 

He was a wholesale grocer in Boston. 

He made his will Nov. 22, 1877. It was proved March 
30, 1885, bequeathing all his estate to his wife for herself 
and his children. She, in her will dated April 21, 1885, proved 
Jan. 31, 1887, bequeathed to her daughters Barrett and Bur- 
rage and to the three children of her deceased daughter, 
Lucy A., late wife of James Swan, making the three sons- 
in-law executors. 

Children : 

i. Lucy Ann Sargent,' b. Oct. 29, 1837; m. James Swan, of Pas- 
saic, N. J. 

Children : 

1. James Arthur Swan. 

2. Harold Merriam Swan. 

3. Edith Hale Swan. 

ii. Susan Maria, b. March 21, 1839; m. in Boston, Feb. 13, 

1878, George C. Barrett, merchant, 
iii. Frances Henrietta, b. Feb. 14, 1844; m. in Boston Nov. 14, 

1866, William H. Burrage, lawyer. 



424 

Abel ^ {Abel,'' William,'' Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born in Brookline, Jan., 1800; married Betsey 
D., daughter of Abner and Polly Holmes, of Kingston. She 
died Nov. 5, 1877, s. 64 years, 6 months. He became a 
merchant in Brighton. 

He died June 24, 1871, ae. 71 years, 5 months. 

Children : 

i. William,' b. Oct. i, d. Nov. 27, 1842. 

801. ii. Abel, b. April 8, 1845. 

iii. William Holmes, b. Sept. 24, 1853. 

iv. William Holmes, b. Sept. 25, d. 29, 1862. 



I 



EIGHTH GENERATION 227 

425 

George* {Abel,'' William,'' Jonas, ^ John,'' Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), h)orn in Brooklinc in 1803; married Jane R. 
He was a merchant in Boston in 1830. They joined with 
his sister Lucy, May 26 of that year, in a conveyance of real 
estate to his brother Abel. [Mdx. Deeds.] 



426 

William* (Abel,' William,'' Jonas,' John,* Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in Brookhnc; married in Boston, 
Dec. 9, 1835, Emehne Bemis. 

He was a merchant at Brighton. 

He died Feb. 2, 1861, a;. 55 years, 7 months, 8 days. His 
brother Alxl and cousin, Silas Parkhurst Merriam, were 
appointed administrators of his estate, March 12, 1861. 

Children : 

i. Emeline B.,"' b. " Sept. 30 " [Prob. rec] Oct. i [Town rec.] 

1844. 
ii. Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1852; m. William P. Greenwood, of 

Cambridge. 



427 

Jonas* (Abraham,'' Abraham,'' Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born at Bedford, Nov, 20, 1777; mar- 
ried in Boston, April i, 1804, Elizabeth (Betsey) Eaton. She 
died in Boston, Sept. 20, 1845, ge. 63. 

Resided at Boston. 

Children : 

805. i. Jonas," Jr., b. March 10, 1805. 

ii. Charles, b. 1807; ti- March 28, 1833, Elizabeth Hersey; d. 

April 23, 1838. 
iii. Samuel, b. i8og; lost at sea. 
iv. George, b. i8ii, d. 18 19. 

806. V. Francis B., b. Feb. 3, 1813. 

vi. Elizabeth, b. 1820; d. Sept. 14, 1823. 



228 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

439 

Abraham' (Abraham,'' Abraham,'' Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' Willmm'), born in Bedford, Feb. 14, 1779; mar- 
ried first, in [Boston, July 18, 1802, Eliza Miller; she died 
in Sept., 1807, ae. 25. He married second, April 3, 1808, 
Sally Henderson; she died Sept. 6, 1810, ae. 22. [Columbian 
Centinel.] 

Did he marry a third wife, Hannah, who bore him a child Lucy that 
died in Boston, Sept. 2, 1822, se. i year, 6 months? Hannah Merriam 
died in B., Dec. 29, 1827, ae. 37. 

431 

Jacob' (Abraham,^ Abraham,^ Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Mason, N. H., Dec. i, 1784; 
married at Boston, Sept. 17, 1806, Hannah Picket. 

He died Aug. 27, 1841, ae. 56. 

Children : 

i. John P.,' d. Oct. 3, 18 16, £e. i yr., i mo. 

ii. Horace B., b. 1817; d. June 13, 1821. 

iii. Mary Ann, d. Feb. 9, 1824, ae. i yr., 8 mos. 



433 

Ephraim ' {Abraham,'' Abraham^ Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William''), born at Mason, N. H., Feb. 2, 1793; 
married in Boston, Dec. 23, 1821, Mary Hearsey. She died 
Nov. II, 1841, £e. 41. 

He was a carpenter. Resided in Boston. He died Feb. 
10, 1851. 

Children : 

811. i. Ephraim,' b. Feb. 20, 1824. 

812. ii. Isaac F., b. 1825. 

813. iii. Jacob, b. May 17, 1827. 

iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1831; d. unni. 1859. 
V. Harriet, b. 1835 ; m. in 1868 Henry Coffin, 
vi. Hannah, b. 1837. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 229 

436 

Ezra* {Ezra,'' Abraham^ Jonas,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in ]\Iason, N. H., May 17, 1788; married 
there Oct. 15, 18 18, Sally Scripture, born May 18, 1788, 
died Oct. 5, 1867. 

He was a farmer; served in the War of 181 2. 

Children : 

814. i. Samuel,9 b. July 29, 1819. 

ii. Melissa, b. Jan. g, 1822; m. May 17, 1847, Geo. Peacock. 

iii. Moses, b. Sept. 27, 1823. 

iv. Martha, b. in 1825; m. .\bner Holden. 

816. V. John Milton, b. April 29, 1827. 
vi. Eliot, b. June 19, 183 1. 

437 

JosiAH " (Ezra,'' Abraham^' Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born at Mason, N. H., April 19, 1790; 
married Oct. 10, 181 3, Sally, daughter of Rev. Ebenczer 
and Mary (Boynton) Hill,* ixjrn in April, 1793, died Nov. 
5, 1880, in Garland, Me. 

He removed to E.xetcr, and afterward to Garland, Me. 
Was a farmer, a respected and honored man. He died Aug. 
7, 1876. 

Children : 

817. i. Artenias," b. Oct. 14, 1814. 

ii. Tolly Boynton, b. .Aug. 2, 1816; d. Dec. 15, 1821. 
iii. Ebene/.er Hill, b. July 20, 1820; d. Aug. 17, 1825. 
iv. William Bancroft, b. March 17, 1823; d. Aug. 27, 1825. 
V. Sarah Eliziibeth, b. Oct. 23, 1825; m. Jan. 28, 1843, Lebbeus 
Oak, of Garland, Me. 

Children : 

I. Henry Lebbeus Oak, b. May 13, 1844; Bowdoin College. 

1862-4, Dartmouth, 1865. Teacher in California, 1866-7; 

librarian of the famous Bancroft Library, San Francisco, 

•Rev. Ebenezer Mill was b. in Cambridge, Jan. 31, 1766; grad. Harv. Coll. 1786; 
studied theology with Kev. Seth Pay.son, of Kindge, N. H., was ordained pastor 
at Mason, N. II , Nov. 3, 1790, and rem.iined in office till his death, May 20, 1854. 
He was a man of great vigor of mind and of high character and broad usefulness; 
author of the History of Mason, N. H. He m. (I) Feb. 2, 1791. Mary Boynton, of 
Westford, who d. March 2. 1794 ; he m. (2) Nov. i.S, 1795, M's. Rebecca (Bancroft) 
Howard, who d. July 2, 1797 ; he m. (3) Sept. 27, 1799, Abigail (Jones) Steams. 



230 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

and editor of many volumes of historical and ethno- 
logical works issued by H. H. Bancroft; compiler of MS. 
record of Oak family; d. May 20, 1905. 

2. Orman Oak; res. Glendale, Cal. 

3. Ora Oak; res. Cucamonga, Cal. 

818. vi. Charles EUery, b. Oct. 20, 1828. 

819. vii. George Parker, b. July 8, 1832. 



438 

Zadoc * {Ezra,'' Abraham,^ Jonas, ^ John* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph," William^), born in Mason, N. H., April 16, 1792; 
married first, at Washington, N. H., Feb. 23, 1819, Patty 
Elliot. She died July 22, 1823. He married second, Jan. 
28, 1824, Sally Snow, born June 22, 1789, died Nov. 20, 1873. 

He resided at Washington, Goshen, and Marlborough, 
N. H. 

He died at Marlborough, N. H., Nov. 11, 1879. 

Children : 

Martha Ann, b. Nov. 14, 1819; m. Frost Blood. 

i. Alfred Gordon, b. April 8, 1822; d. unm. in 1846. 

ii. Benjamin F., b. Aug. 5, 1826. 

V. Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1828; m. Aug. 10, 1848, E. M. Jobbs. 

V. Isaac Newton, ) , t- u o o 
„ . T , e ["■ Feb. 28, 1832. 

820. VI. Joseph Snow, \ -^ 



439 

Samuel* {Ezra,'' Abraham^ Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born at Mason, N. H., March 31, 1794; 
married May 27, 1819, Huldah Barton. 

" Is said to have lived at one time near Petersburg, N. Y." 

440 

Benjamin* {Ezra,'' Abraham,^ Jonas, ^ John,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William*), born in Mason, N. H., May 13, 1801 ; 
married Nov. 4, 1832, Irene, daughter of Elijah and Rhoda 
Knapp, born Jan. 4, 181 2. 

He removed to Ashburnham ; was a dealer in stoves and 
hardware. 

He died Aug. 4, 1872. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 231 

Children : 

822. i. Benjamin F.,« b. Sept. 7, 1833. 

ii. Henry A., b. June 16, 1835; d. unm. at Ashb., March 29, 
1865, from the eflects of service in the Union army. 

iii. George E., b. Sept. 3, 1837; d. March 25, 1842. 

iv. Emily E., b. July 4, 1842; m. June 2, 1867, John Francis Fitch, 
b. July 6, 1839. 

V. Susan M,, b. July 16, 1844; d. Dec. 12, 1861. 

vi. Abbie 1., b. Oct. 16, 1846; m. June 2, 1867, William H. Rich- 
ardson, b. in Cambridge, Vt. ; res. in Ashbumham. 

vii. Laura E., b. Jan. 7, 1849; ^- March 2, 1878. 

viii. Clarabell A., b. Aug. 7, 1853; d. May 21, 1882. 

441 

Silas* {Silas,'' Abraham,'' Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,' Joseph,^ 
William'), born in Mason, N. H., Feb. 14, 1785; married 
Sept. 15, 1808, Mary Abbott, of Westford. Resided at Mason, 
N. H. Bouj:fht land in Westford, Nov. 28, 1815; mortgaged 
land in 1817 and in 1819. He afterward resided at North- 
borough; died at Westborough, April 15, 1872. 

Children : 

i. Mary A., b. Aug. 26, 1809; m. May 26, 1841, Rev. A. R. .Ab- 
bott, of Livermore, Me. 

ii. Silas A., b. Nov. 17, 181 2; d. March 20, 18 14. 

iii. Eliza, b. Eel). 6, 1815; became a teacher; d. Dec. 24, 1876. 

iv. Harriet, b. May 3, 181 7. 

V. Maria, b. March 18, 18 19; m. .Aug. 8, 1842, John B. Brown, 
of Lowell. 

vi. Cynthia, b. Sept. 27, 1821; m. Sept. 11, 1841, Jacob Bacon, 
of Lowell. 

823. vii. Jacob A., b. Feb. 28, 1824. 

824. viii. George B., b. Nov. 19, 1826. 

442 

Cheney Fiskk ' (Silas,'' Abraham!' Jonas,'' John;' Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Mason, N. H., April 13, 1789; 
married Sarah . 

Resided .some years at Danbury, N. H., and later in Charles- 
town, where he was a teamster. He died in February, 1870. 

Children : 

i. Mary Albina,« b. June 5, 1828. 

825. ii. Albert Elliot, b. May 30, 1834. 
iii. Edwin D. 



232 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

443 

Asa* (Silas,'' Abraham,^ Jonas, ^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Mason, N. H., July 28, 1794; married 
there April 18, 1816, Polly Saunders. " Mary Merriam, 
as. 66," died at Mason, March 21, 1863. 

444 

Silas ^ (Silas,' Silas,'' Jonas,^ John,"* Joseph,^ Joseph," 
William'), born at Norway, Me., Jan. 10, 1800; married 
July 9, 1835, Mary Coburn, born Aug. 8, 1814. 

He died June 14, 1875. 

Children : 

i. Andrew Mellen," b. May 14, 1836; d. unm. 1881. 

ii. Olive Swift, b. July 24, 1837; m. John B. Hobbs. 

iii. Frederick Roscoe, b. July 26, 1838; d. unm. 1881. 

iv. Milton Harrison, b. Jan. 25, 1840. 

V. Alma E., b. Jan. 22, 1842; m. June 30, 1873, Augustus Morton. 

vi. Granville R., b. March 21, 1843; d. Feb. 11, 1844. 

vii. Lawson Le Roy, b. Jan. 11, 1849. 



446 

Francis Peabody * (Andrnv,'' Silas, ^ Jonas, ^ John,'* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born Jan. 20, 1818; residence, 
Middle ton, occupation, trader, married at Danvers, Nov. 
21, 1844, Mary E., daughter of John and Mary Crosby, of 
Danvers, born 1824. She died June 23, 1848. 

He married second, Nov. 25, 1848, Hannah B. Crosby, 
a sister of Mary E., born 1829. 

Children : 

i. Franklin Crosby, b. Oct. 15, 1850; d. Jan. 4, 1851. 
ii. Mary Francis, b. March 28, 1852. 
iii. Jennie Anita, b. Nov. 4, 1856; d. March 9, 1857. 
iv. Katherine, b. 1859; m. Oct. 15, 1890, Lester M., son of Moses 
and Sarah J. Dorr, b. in Cambridge in 1861. 

44G 

Silas * (Andrew,'' Silas,'' Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in Middleton, Dec. 10, 1819; grad. Dart- 
mouth College, 1844; studied divinity at Andover one year; 



EIGHTH GENERATION 233 

then at Lane Seminary, graduating in 1848. He taught in 
Kentucky three years; went into business at Marion, la. 
He married Oct., 1850, Laura Parkhurst, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
He died at Chicago, 111., April 5, 1877. 

447 

James Nixon* {Andrew,^ Silas f" Jonas,^ John,' Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), torn at Middleton, June 20, 1822; mar- 
ried at Beverly, Oct. 12, 1S48, Hannah Williams, daughter 
of Samuel S. and Hannah (Williams) Ober, Ixjrn in 1825. 

He was a shoe manufacturer at Middleton. Removed 
to Detroit, Mich. 

He died Jan. 21, 1882. 

Children : 

833. i. Andrew Nixon," b. Aug. 14, 1849. 

ii. Alice Williams, b. Oct. 18, 1854; ni. June 27, 1878, Charles, 
son of Charles and Adeline (McAllister) Moore, of Ypsi- 
i. lanti, Mich., born March t5,t88 I ; a journalist. (Dttl^Oj^^' 

Children : 

1. McAllister Moore, b. March 15, 1881. 

2. James Merriam Moore, b. Aug. 30, 1890. 

448 

Wii.Li.VM Augustus* {Andrnc,'' Silas," Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), Ixjrn at Middleton, Jan. 4, 1827; 
married at Marblehead, Oct. 28, 1852, ElizalxHh S., daugh- 
ter of John and Elizabeth Broughton, born there in 1S30. 

He was a farmer at Middleton some years; removed to 
Oakland, Cal. 

Children : 

834. i. William Stewart," b. Aug. 15, 1853. 

ii. Horace Broughton, b. July 20, 1855; d. Nov. 30, 1856. 

iii. Horace Hmughton, b. March 26, d. 29, 1862. 

835. iv. Frank Ni.xon, b. Feb. 24, 1864. 
V. James Bell, b. April 8, 1865. 
vi. Harriette, b. Aug. 22, 1867. 



234 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

449 

RuFUS ^ (Jesse,'' Ebenezer,^ Ehenezer,^ John* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph," William'), born in New Salem, Aug. 19, 1780; mar- 
ried Feb. 4, 1808, Polly, daughter of James and Polly Thomp- 
son, born Dec. 19, 1783. She was a sister of the wife of Jesse 
Merriam (No. 349). He died at Orange, Aug. 23, 1851. 
The widow died Nov. 5, i860. 

Children : 

i. A son, b. March 10, d. March 20, 1809. 
ii. Chauncy,* b. June 11, 1810; d. April 26, 1813. 
iii. Isaac, b. May 23, 1812; d. May 20, 1820. 

iv. Mary S., b. Jan. 11, 1815; m. Nov. 7, 1844, John Putnam, of 
Orange. 

836. V. Chauncy, b. April 10, 18 17. 

vi. Deborah P., b. Sept. 20, 1819; m. Nov. 6, 1839, Caleb Speare, 
of Orange. 
Children : 

1. Lucia Speare, b. Nov. 3, 1S42; d. Nov. 9, 1849. 

2. De Witt Speare, b. July 16, 1846; d. Feb. 21, 1849. 

3. Anna Louisa Speare, b. Jan. 23, 185 1. 

vii. Susan, b. March i, 1822; m. April 14, i860, Amos Blodget; 
d. May 23, 1882. 

450 

Benjamin ** (Jesse,' Ebenezer," Ehenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in New Salem, Feb. 9, 1785; mar- 
ried first, April 21, 1808, Mary Perry, born April i, 1788, died 
June 26, 1825. He married second, in Barre, Dec. 12, 1826, 
Mrs. Mary (Polly) Harding, daughter of Dea. Joseph Bassett. 
He married third, Dec. 12, 1831, Mrs. Polly Carter, daughter 
of William and Lucy Burnett, born July 16, 1785, died Nov. 8, 
1858. 

He was a farmer, lived at Orange; died Nov. 26, 1853. 

Children : 

837. i. Lansford,'' b. Aug. 4, 1809. 

ii. A daughter, b. and d. in 18 10. 

iii. Orra, b. Oct. 12, i8ii; m. May 18, 183 1, Dr. Robert Andrews, 
of New Salem. 
Children : 

1. Erasmus D. Andrews, b. Sept. 20, 1832. 

2. Robert F. Andrews, b. March 31, 1836. 

3. Warren B. Andrews, b. Dec. 6, 1839. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 235 

iv. Fidelia, b. Nov. 14, 18 13; d. Aug. 28, i860. 

V. Fanny, b. 1816, d. 1818. 

vi. Mary Angelia, b. Dec. 4, 1817; m. Nov. 16, 1853 (as his second 

wife), Dr. Robert Andrews, 

vii. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1820; d. Feb. 29, 1840. 

838. viii. Darwin, b. Dec. 29, 1822. 

ix. A daughter, b. and d. July 25, 1825. 



451 

Jesse** {Jesse,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William') born in Salem, June 7, 1789; married Anna, daugh- 
ter of James and Polly Thompson, born Oct. 27, 1792; died 
Feb. 29, 1856. 

He lived at New Salem; died of paralysis, June 22, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Sally Thompson,'' b. Oct. ii, 18 13; m. April 15, 1839, Elijah 

F. Porter, of New Salem, 
ii. Warren, b. Feb. 14, d. March 18, 1815. 
iii. Elias, b. March 21, 18 16; once lived in Plymouth; removed 

to New York State. 

iv. Maria, b. Dec. 29, 1820; m. Cobb. 

839. v. Orrin, b. June 24, 1822. 



452 

Amos* (Ebenezer,'' Ehenezcr'' Ebciiezer,'' John* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in O.xford, May i, 1790; married 
first, March 13, 1818, Lucina, daughter of Jonathan and Lucy 
(Lilley) (Blanchard) King, lx)rn July 19, 1792; died Aug. 15, 
1844. He married second, May 13, 1846, Julia, daughter of 
Daniel and Lydia Rullen, 50 years of age. 

"When a boy, Amos was sliding with others on the ice, when 
he slipped down, striking his head, and was rendered uncon- 
scious. His brother Artemas, alarmed, bent over him and 
cried out, 'If you are dead, do speak.' " [R. N. M.] 

He removed from Oxford, when a young man, to Sutton, and 
was a very successful farmer. He also owned and carried on 
a grist-mill. 

He died Nov. 4, 1875. 



236 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

840. i. Rufus King," b. June 29, i8ig. 

ii. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1830; wss a school-teacher; m. 
Jan. 2, i860, Cornelius J., son of Levi P. and Harriet Case, 
b. at Barkhamstead, Vt., about 1837. 



453 

Artemas * {Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ John,^ John,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,^ William'), born in O.xford, Nov. 7, 1791; married in 
Charlton, Jan. 22, 1821, Jerusha, daughter of John Stevens, of 
Charlton; she died Aug. 12, 1856, ae. 59. 

He was a farmer ; resided on the old homestead ; died May 
7, 1864. 

Children : 

i. John Stephens," b. Jan. 20, 1822 ; d. Oct. 20, 1825. 
ii. Jerusha N., b. Aug. 31, 1824; m. May 5, 1848, Charles Wood- 
bury, of Sutton. 

Children : 

1. George Franklin Woodbury, b. Oct. 16, 1851. 

2. Charles Nathaniel Woodbury, b. Oct. 9, 1855. 

iii. Clarissa, b. Nov. 4, 1827; m. in Worcester, May 4, 1865, Jona- 
than, son of Francis and Dorcas Hapgood, b. in 1823, his 
second marriage. 
841. iv. David, b. Dec. 12, 1829. 

V. John E., b. Aug. 12, 1832; d. March 13, 1836. 

vi. Rebecca, b. Sept. 13, 1834; m. first, in Worcester, Jan. 12, 
1864, Seth W. Gnffin, M. D., of Springfield, his third mar- 
riage; she m. second, in Sutton, Nov. 12, 1873, Albert Lamb, 
of O.xford, his third marriage. 

454 

Amasa "* (Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,'' William'' ), born in Oxford, March 14, 1793; married 
at Millbury, April 7, 1822, his cousin, Philena Case, of Mill- 
bury, where they settled. 

He was a farmer; died April 13, 1851 ; the widow died Aug. 
27, 1865, ae. 68 years, 5 months, 11 days. 

Children : 

i. Ebenezer," b. March 30, 1823; d. March 11, 1826. 
ii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. i, 1825; d. Aug. 15, 1830. 






EIGHTH GENERATION 237 

iii. Charles, b. Oct. 28, 1827; d. May 13, 1830. 

iv. Charles Alonzo, b. Sept. 8, 1831; d. Nov. 7, 1834. 

V. Phebe Maria, b. Dec. 26, 1835; m. Nov. 24, 1853, Albert O. 

Cummins; res. Millbury. 
vi. Philena, b. May 23, d. June 30, 1838. 



455 

Parley * (Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Oxford, Feb. 14, 1795; married 
Jan. 14, 1822, Lucy Brown, of Thompson, Ct. He was a 
captain in militia. He removed to Butternuts, N. Y. ; after a 
time, removed to Wisconsin, living a year or so near Waukesha ; 
was then one of the founders of Waupun. He was a farmer. 
He died Aug. 24, 1883. His wife died Sept. 24, 1878. 

Children : 

i. Lucy,' b. Jan. 24, d. Feb. 12, 1823. 

ii. Sarah, b. June 8, 1824; m. Sept. 3, 1843, Darius L. Bancroft; 
removed to Chester, Wis. He was a representative to Wis- 
consin Assembly in 1852 and 1874. 

842. iii. Ira, b. Aug. 22, 1826. 

843. iv. Nelson, b. May 20, 1832. 



456 

Cyril* (Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ John,-* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William,'), born in O.xford, Feb. 7, 1798; married, 
Jan. 14, 1823, Eunice M. Gleason, of Ward. 

He resided at Auburn. 

He died April 13, 1838. His widow married (intention at 
Oxford, Feb. 21, 1846) Aaron Stockwell, of Sutton. 

Children : 

i. Mary Lucretia,'' b. July 26, 1824; m. in Auburn, Dec. 25, 1844, 

Jonathan King, son of Simeon Davidson, 
ii. Caroline Wright, b. Feb. 14, 1827; m, March 31, 1847, Hiram 

Strcetcr. 
iii. Lucinda, b. April 16, 1829; d. at Sutton, Sept. 4, 1847, 't- 18. 
844. iv. Ezra Gleason, b. Sept. 12, 1831. 
V. Ellen Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1837. 



238 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

457 

Luther ^ {Ehmezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,' John,'' Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Oxford, Oct. 30, 1799; married 
Nov. 20, 1823, Susan Gleason, daughter of John Marsh, of Sut- 
ton. He was a farmer. Resided at Oxford and Millbury 
till 1838, when he removed to Auburn, where his wife died 
March 29, 1878, and he July 17, 1886. 

Children : 

i. Susan Lucretia,' b. June 26, 1825; m. Dec. 20, 1843, Warren 

Sibley, of Auburn; she d. Aug. 7, 1882. 
ii. William Nelson, b. June 21, 1828; d. Feb. 26, 1832. 
iii. Diantha, b. July 2, 1833; m. Dec. 9, 1852, Alvin Howe; res. 

Auburn. 
iv. Jane Augusta, b. Sept. 13, 1837; m. Nov. 23, 1859, Joseph 

S. Clark; res. Worcester. 
V. John Franklin, b. July 23, 1840; d. unm. Jan. 11, 1881. 

Ebenezer ^ (Ehciiezcr,' Ebaiczcr^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William '), born in Oxford, May 5, 1801 ; married Feb. 
24, 1831, Clarissa, daughter of John and Betsey Cummings, of 
Montpelier, Vt.; resided there three years; returned to Massa- 
chusetts and resided at Auburn. 

He died in 1891. 

Children : 

i. Leander Stockwell,^ b. May 16, 1833. 
ii. Lucy Philena, b. April 29, 1838. 

459 

Ira ^ (Ebenezer, '' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,' John,' Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in Oxford, Oct. 15, 1808; married first, 
March 26, 1834, Nancy Converse, of Spencer, born in Charles- 
town, July 26, 1810, died in 1856. He married second, in Wor- 
cester," May 24, 1859, Mrs. Persis M. Bellows, daughter of 
Tilla and Polly Mirick, born in Holden in 1810. 

He resided in Oxford ; was representative and selectman. 

Children : 

i. Ira Nelson," b. Oct. 2, 1836; d. in Oxford, Oct. 21, 1861. 
846. ii. Albert Elliott, b. Sept. 20, 1843. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 239 

Wright Stockwell * (Ebenczcr,^ Ebenezer^ Ehenezer,^ 
John,'' Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born in Oxford, Dec. i6, 
1814; married Dec. 4, 1850, Eliza, daughter of Jesse Eddy, of 
Auburn, born in 1814; resided on part of the homestead. She 
died Feb. 11, 1886, aged 70; he died Sept. 10, 1887. 

Children : 

847. i. Jesse Irving," b. Sept. 29, 1852. 

848. ii. Frank E., b. Feb. 11, 1858. 



461 

William Eddy * (William,^ Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William '), torn at New vSalcm, Dec. 15, 1796; 
married July 24, 1822, Esther Smead, bom at Greenfield, Oct. 
9, 1796. 

Resided sometime at Whittingham, Vt. He died at Green- 
field, Jan. 28, i860. 

Children : 

i. Ruth Eddy ,9 b. at Halifax, Vt., July iq, 1825; m. at Green- 
field, Jan. 22, 1851, Henry Handforth, b. in England, 
ii. William, b. Sept. 29, 1827; d. Sept. 2, 1846. 
iii. Sarah Smead, b. Aug. 23, 1829; d. Dec. 22, 1856. 
iv. Rebecca, b. Dec. 8, 183 1; d. Oct. 28, 1853. 



462 

Norman ' (William,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William '), born in New Salem, Oct. 2, 1801 ; married 
Belilla, daughter of Amos and Catherine (Cummings) Earned, 
born Oct. 20, 1800, died Feb. 18, 1892. 

He graduated at Union College in 1826; became a lawyer 
and practised at Greenfield, Mass., and Hartford, Ct. After 
several years of successful practice he was stricken with a prev- 
alent fever, from which he recovered in many respects, but 
suffered so complete a loss of memory as to be unable to resume 
law practice. This caused him and his friends great sorrow. 
He turned his attention to farming; spent his last years with 
his daughter in Ohio. He died Alay lo, 1882. 



240 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Catherine Cecilia,' b. May 12, 1826; m. Nov. 27, 1849, Joseph 
Smith Osgood, who was b. Oct. 29, 1821, and d. Feb. 28, 
1877. She resides at East Cleveland, O. 

Children : 

1. Norman Eugene Osgood, b. Oct. 11, 1850. 

2. Clarence Herbert Osgood, b. May 13, 1854; d. Feb. 11, 1880. 

3. Effie Jane Osgood, b. Feb. 10, d. 24, 1856. 

4. Lennie Antoinette Osgood, b. Nov. 9, 1858; d. Jan. 30, 
1883. 

ii. Norman Eugene, b. and d. in 1828. 

463 

Cyrus ^ {William,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ John," Joseph,^ 
Joseph,^ William') born at New Salem July 17, 1803; 
married June 20, 1855, Susan, daughter of Levi and Susan 
Young, widow of Lansford IMerriam (No. 937). Resided at 
his birthplace; left no children; he died June 16, 1873. 

464 

Lewis ^ (William,'' Ebenezer," Ebenezer,'^ John," Joseph,^ Jos- 
eph,^ William'), horn at New Salem, June 4,1805; married at 
Houlton, Me., Feb. 22, 1834, Mary Ann Foss,born at Oromocto, 
N. B., March 29, 1813, died at Houlton, Me., May 3, 1880. 
He removed to Houlton, Me., about 1828, and resided there 
till after the death of his wife, when he removed to Spokane, 
Wash., the home of several of his children, and made that his 
home till his death, May 27, 1889. 

Lewis Merriam was educated at New Salem Academy in the common 
English branches. While yet in his minority, he was employed as mail 
coach driver between Boston and Springfield. Later he learned watch- 
making in Boston, and established himself in that trade at Athol some- 
time before 1828. 

A few years later, probably in 1833, when the Northeastern Boundary 
dispute became strenuous, he was attracted to Maine, and went " through 
the woods " from Bangor to Houlton, then a garrisoned military station. 
He was married there, and established his home on a farm adjoining that 
village, from which his children were able to attend the public schools 
and academy mainly during the winter terms. 

He was a zealous advocate of manual training for children, and to 
him no home was complete without its workshop and tools of many 
trades. To this is mainly due the fact that all of his sons had become 




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EIGHTH GENERATION 241 

practical mechanics and machinists before their majority. In politics 
he was a zealous Whig-Republican, and such statesmen as Clay, Greeley, 
and Lincoln were his ideals of American citizenship. 

Children : 

851. i. Leonard Brooks," b. Aug. 3, 1835. 

852. ii. Henry Clay, b. Nov. 13, 1837. 

iii. Augusta Josephine, b. Dec. 2, 1838; m. Oct. 11, 1867, Will- 
iam L. Boyd, b. May 3, 1834; he was major in the First 
Me. Vol. Cavalry in the War of the Rebellion. 

Children : 

1. Augustus William Boyd, b. June 14, 1869; m. at Spokane, 

Wash., June 7, 1891, Sarah Hurlburt. A mining engineer. 

2. Kate Pauline Boyd, b. April 5, 187 1 ; m. at Ft. Logan (Den- 

ver), Colo., Feb. 9, 1891, William Sidney Graves, Capt. 
U. S. A., son of Andrew Carrol and Evelyn (Brunet) Graves, 
b. in Texas, March 27, 1865, a grad. of West Point M. A. 
Res. Monterey, Cal. 

3. Emma Ellen Boyd, b. June 8, 1874; d. Oct. 22, 1896. 

4. Beatrice May Boyd, b. Oct. 31, 1876; m. at Spokane, Wash., 

June 21, 1900, L M. Cornthwait, b. Nov. 29, 1863. 

5. James Garfield Boyd, b. April 17, 1880; m. at Sixjkane, 

Wash., Aug. 10, 1905, Mabel C. Morehouse, 
iv. Lucy Hatstat, b. Oct. 23, 1840; m. Sept. 28, 1864, Andrew 
H. Foss, of Oromocto, N. B.; she d. at Haynesville, Me., 
Nov. 20, 1872. 

Children : 

1. Ida May Foss, b. .■Xug. 28, 1865; m. in 1888 George N. 

Barnes, of England; she d. at Redlands, Cal., March 23, 
1890. 

2. Carrie Theodocia Foss, b. Oct. 29, 1870. 

3. Charles Ransford Foss, b. Oct. 19, 1872; a druggist at 

Sand Point, Ida. 

853. v. Lewis, b. April 4, 1843. 

854. vi. Norman James, b. Feb. 25, 1844. 

855. vii. William Harrison, b. Aug. 10, 1846. 

856. viii. Cyrus Knap]), b. Jan. 29, 1848. 

857. i.x. Rufus, b. Oct. 7, 1851. 

X. Charles, b. Sept. 2, 1853; d. Oct. 14, 1856. 

Erasths " {Joel,'' Ebciiczrr,'' F.bcnezer.^ John,'* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in O.xford, July 17, 1806; married 
Caroline M. Hitchcock, of Boston. 

He owned real estate at Shelburnc Falls, and in Maiden, 
where he resided. 



242 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was a jeweller. 

He died March 30, i860; his widow was appointed admin- 
istrator of his estate, and guardian of their only child, April 
24, i860. 

Child: 

Carrie Bishop » b. in Boston, Jan. 24, 1857. 



466 

Joel Wilkins ^ {Joel,'' Ebenezcr^ Ebenezcr,^ John,'' Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Oxford, Jan. 25, 181 1; 
married May 15, 1834, Freedom Holton. 

He resided at Greenfield; died Sept. 12, 1856. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Jane," b. July 27, 1834; m. Nov., 1859, Edwin T. Lucy. 

ii. Oscar, b. Jan. 13, 1836; d. March i, 1843. 

iii. George, b. May 12, 1838; d. Feb. 26, 1843. 

iv. Opheha E., b. May 3, 1841 ; ni. at Greenfield, March 28, 1866, 

Ellsworth O. Fairman, b. in Bernardston. 
858. V. George B., b. Jan. 4, 1843. 

vi. Oscar Edmund, b. Nov. 24, 1844; d. June i, 1871. 

vii. Melissa, b. .'\pril 3, 1846; m. Feb. 8, 1869, Andrew B. Adams, 

Jr., b. in Rome, N. Y.; res. in Greenfield, 
viii. Lillian Isabella, b. Sept. 16, 1854; m. April 18, 1874, Allen 

W. Hicks, of Greenfield. 



467 

JOTHAM Addison * (Joel,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Oxford, Feb. 25, 1813; 
married at Barre, May 3, 1841, Charlotte Harwood, born 
Nov. 5, 1814, died Oct. 16, 1878. 

Resided in Greenfield and removed to Barre ; was a farmer. 

Children : 

i. Charles Addison,' b. Feb. 8, 1842; m. Aug. 28, 1872, Ellen 
M., dau. of Elijah F. and Sarah T. Porter; res. Albany, N. Y. 
He d. Aug. 25, 1877, without issue. 

ii. Charlotte EHza, b. Feb. 26, 1843; m. June 29, 1864, John An- 
drew Adams, of Bernardston. 



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EIGHTH GENERATION 243 

468 

Lysander « {Joel,-' Ehenezer,'' Ebenezer,' John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William,'), born March i8, 1816; married Jan. 26, 
1864, Mrs. Mary Ann (Pratt) Case of Ypsilanti, Mich. Re- 
sided at Dexter, Mich., and later at Wakarusa, Kan.; was 
postmaster at W. 

Children : 

i. Carrie," U. Dec. 2, 1864. 

ii. Lucy Almira, b. June 7, 1868. 

4(J» 

George Dwight ^ {Silas,' Jotham^ Ebenezer,' John,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), \x)Tn in Sutton, June 27, 1826; 
married April 28, 1852, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of John 
Loring, of Ix'icester. 

He was a wirc-straightener in the great wire factory of 
Worcester; later kept a fruit and produce store. He died 
March 24, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Carrie Forbes,' b. June 9, 1854; well reputed as a teacher, 
ii. Alice Eliza, b. in Worcester, Aug. 10, 1859; also a successful 
teacher. 



470 

Silas Austin » (Silas,' Jotham^ Ebenezer,' John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William '), born Aug. 13, 1828; married first, Mary E. 
Watson; she died Aug. 4, 1857. He married second, Louisa 
Ann Walz. 

Was a painter, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1888. 

Children : 

Marie Louise,' b. Nov. 3, 1855; 'i- .I"'v 16, 1856. 
ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. .Vug. 3, d. .\ug. 14,' 1857. 
iii. George .■\llen, b. March 15, 1863; d. May 17, 1865. 
iv. Leo .Austin, b. Oct. 18, 1869. 



244 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

471 

Darius ^ (Jonathan,'' Joshua^ Joshua,^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,^ William^), born at Salem about 1789; married 
Useba Potter. 

He went with his father to Essex County, New York, in 
1795. He cleared a farm at Westport, in that county, where 
he resided; also carried on a sawmill. He died in 1859. 

Children : 

i. Lucinda,' b. 1813, d. 1816. 

ii. Thankful, b. 1815, d. 1816. 

859. iii. William P., b. Dec. 4, 1816. 

860. iv. Enos S., b. 1819. 
V. Melissa, b. 1821. 

vi. Lovisa, b. 1822; m. Joseph Preston; d. at Rockville, la. 

vii. Useba S., b. 1826; m. James Bowen; d. at Waubeck, la., 1876. 

861. viii. Philetus D., b. 1827. 

862. ix. Adney, b. 1830. 

.X. Adelia E., b. 1832; m. Edson Lawrence. 

863. xi. John L., b. 1835. 

xii. Sarah M., b. 1837; m. Zelotes Fuller; d. 1867. 



Mason M. * {James,'' Jamcs,^ Joshua,^ John,'' Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born Dec. 20, 1808; married first, May 7, 
1837, Emily Edgar. She died July 27, 1839. He married 
second, Dec. 5, 1842, Sophia Hayes, born June 9, 1821. 

He resided at Fort Wayne, Ind. ; was a trader among the 
Miami and Pottawattami Indians, speaking both languages. 
He was sheriff of the county and very highly esteemed; 
removed to Wolf Lake, Ind., where he kept a hotel, and finally 
to Ligonier, Ind., where he died Nov. 3, 1872. 

Children : 

i. Catherine Emily,' b. Aug. 21, d. Aug. 27, 1839. 

ii. Mary Josephine, b. Dec. 7, 1843; m. April 3, 1866, Albert J. 

Ruck; d. in 188 1. Resided in Kosciusko, Ind. 
iii. Edgar Hayes, b. July 24, 1845; d. Oct., 1846. 
iv. Howard, b. Sept. 16, 1856; d. 1864. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 245 

473 

Amzi* (Jai)tes,'' James," Joshua,' John,-* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William'), born (twin with Eunice) March 3, 1810; married 
1837, Rebecca Miller. Resided at Root, Ind. 

He died Oct. i, 1864. 

Children : 
864. i. p:dward, b. Dec. 8, 1839. 



.Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 24, 1843; d. Nov. 10, 1854. 
iii. Barbara Zeruiah Isabella, b. March 4, 1845; d. June 7, 1854. 

iv. George Henry Hudson, b. Oct. 18, 1851; m. Julia . 

V. Catherine Lucretia, b. Oct. 27, 1853. 
vi. Mary Louise Sophia, b. March 4, 1861. 



474 

Cyrenius* (James,' James,'' Joshua,' John,-' Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born Jan. 2, 1813; married . 

He (lied about 1842; his widow was living near Fort Wayne, 
Ind., in 1880. 

Children : 

i. Martha Ann,» b. about 1836. 

ii. Emily, b. about 1838 ; d. about 1848. 

iii. James Warren, b. about 1840; d. young. 



475 

Isaac Stone * (Thomas,' James,'' Joshua,' John,'' Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), bom in O.xford, Nov. 15, 1814; married 
May ID, 1840, Josephine, daughter of Matthias K. and Eliza 
Washington Beard, born in Hillstoro, Ga., Oct. 24, 
1820; died Feb. 11, 1887. He resided some time at Macon, 
Ga., as a clerk in the cotton warehouse of his uncle Edward 
Stone; removed about 1845 to Auburn, where he was on the 
farm with his father; was superintendent of a coal mine on 
Newport Island, R. I. ; was a travelling salesman some time. 
Resided later in Worcester; was a real estate broker; was 
town clerk in .\uburn 20 years. He was the first to clean car- 
pets by machinery in Worcester. 

He died Sept. 18, 1888. 



246 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

865. i. Thomas,« b. at Macon, Ga., Feb. 12, 1841. 

ii. Sarah Lucy, b. Feb. 27, 1843; m. Sept. i, 1862, Walter, son 

of Leonard and Mary J. Gates, 
iii. Josephine EUzabeth, b. in Auburn, Jan. 2, 1845; "i- ^^Y 9' 
1867, George Warren Thomas, Jr., of Holden. 
£,; iv. Eunice Lovell, b. Aug. 20, 1849; d. May 28, 1867. 

V. Emma Antoinette, b. April 17, 1851; m. April 24, 1872, Frank 

D. Morse. Res. at Providence, R. L 
vi. Camilla .Alfaretta, b. Oct. 6, 1852; d. Feb. i, 1855. 
vii. Isaac Stone, b. Nov. 6, 1854; d. unm. in 1881. 
viii. Clara Lanier, b. Aug. 16, 1857. 
ix. Helen Susie Franklin, b. Aug. 29, i860; d. Aug. 21, 1863. 

476 

RuFUS Nichols ** {Samuel,'' James^ Joshua,^ John* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph," William^), born at O.xford, Jan. 14, 1818; 
married first, at Worcester, April 12, 1849, Emily, daughter 
of John and Prudence Davis Tatman, born March 18, 1828, 
died June 21, 1863. He married second, June 25, 1865, Mrs. 
Sarah T. Sullivan, a sister of his first wife, born Jan. 15, 1826. 

He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1844; M. A. 
in 1847; made his home at Oxford, and was a carpenter, 
working there and in the vicinity; removed to Worcester in 
1853; became a manufacturer of wood-working machinery. 
Was three years on the school board. He took a deep interest 
in the family history, and gathered a good deal of information 
about it, a portion of which he embodied in a paper, which he 
read before the Worcester Society of Antiquity (of which he 
was a member), which was afterward printed in pamphlet form 
in 1888, entitled "Some Meriams." He gave by his corre- 
spondence, and through his paper, a stimulus to the family's 
concern for a genealogy, being himself very much assisted in 
his researches by Mr. James Sheldon Merriam, of New York 
City, whose more extensive labors have furnished such a large 
addition to this book. He maintained his intellectual and 
spiritual life at a high level, as is shown in the striking pain- 
phlet, "Nuggets for Thought," printed for the author in 1892. 

His only offspring dying before she reached her first year, 
he adopted the two children of his second wife by her former 
husband, who are, accordingly, duly enrolled here and in the 
next generation. 



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EIGHTH GENERATION 247 

Children : 

i. Lilla Nancy," b. Oct. 24, 1861 ; d. Aug. 24, 1862. 

ii. Julia Emma, b. April 27, 1852; m. June 30, 1881, Nathan 

Gardner Burbank, of Worcester, b. March 6, 1838; his 

second marriage. 

Children : 

1. Florence Meriam Burbank, b. June 16, 1883; m. Oct. 26, 

1904, Herbert Bullard Allen, and has a child, Joseph Ed- 
ward Allen, 1). Nov. 7, 1905. 

2. Horace Nathan Burbank, b. Sept. 6, 1885. 

3. Mildred Ellis Burbank, b. Nov. 11, 1887. 
867. iii. Frederick Tatman, b. Feb. 12, 1856. 



477 

James Lovell « (Samuel,'' James,^ Joshua,' John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in O.xford, Aug. 11, 1822; married 
at Leicester, Dec. 2, 1845, Angeline, daughter of Moses and 
Nancy (Livermore) Rockwood, born in Grafton, Oct. 24, 
1827. She resides (1906) in Chicago, 111. 

He was an architect. 

Children : 

868. i. James Clarence," b. June 2, 1855. 

869. ii. Arthur Lovell, b. Oct. 25, 1857. 

iii. Alice Laura, b. Aug. 8, 1859; d. unm. Dec. i, 1884. 

478 

Samuel Tyler'* (Samuel,'' James,'' Joshua,' John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William') born in Oxford Aug. 29, 1824; married 
Ann Jane Brown. 

Removed to Arlington, 111. ; later to Chula Vista, California, 
where he died April 6, 1904. 

Children : 

870. i. Frank Bardwell, born at Warren Aug., 1851. 
ii. James W., b. at Northbridge April 2, 1854. 



248 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

479 

Thomas Spencer * {Samuel,'' James,^ Joshua,^ John,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,^ William''), born in Oxford, Dec. 23, 1826; 
married at Charlton, April 15, 1852, Lydia, daughter of Jesse 
Lamb, born in Charlton, 1830. 

Both died some years ago. 

Child r 

Angeline Nichols 9; died ae. 16 years. 

480 

Charles Henry * (Samuel,'' James,'' Joshua,^ John,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Oxford, March 23, 1831 ; 
married at Leicester, Jan. 13, 1856, Clarissa, daughter of 
Abner and Almira Huntington, born at Auburn in 1836. 

He died at Leicester, April 11, 1876. 

Child: 
873. Albert,*' b. in Leicester, Jan. 7, 1859. 

481 

Amos" {Amos,^ Amos,'' Anios,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Leominster, Aug. 10, 1792; married Jan. 
6, 181 8, Sally Richardson. 

Children : 

875. i. Luke Albert, b. Dec, 1818. 

876. ii. Charles Augustus, b. Sept., 1821. 
iii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1828. 

48'i 

Thomas Gowen * (Jonathan,'' Amos,'' Amos,^ John,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph' William'), born in Leominster, May 9, 1797; 
married . He was a bomb-maker, residing at Leo- 
minster. He died March 19, 1844. 

483 

Alpheus * (Jonathan,'' Amos,'' Amos,^ John,* Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William^), born in Leominster, Feb. 8, 1799; married 
July 12, 1835, Rebecca C. Hamilton, born in Scituate, Sept. 
29, 18 1 5. He was a painter at Wo burn; died Jan. 3, 1864. 



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EIGHTH GENERATION 249 



Children : 



i. Joseph H.,9 b. May lo, 1836; enlisted in Co. F, 22d Mass. 
Vol. Inf., and d. July 11, 1862, from wounds received at the 
battle of Gaines's Hill, Va., in January previous. 

ii. Alpheus, b. April 21, 1838; d. Sept. 22, 1850. 

iii. Charles, b. March 8, 1840; was sergeant of Co. F, 2 2d Mass., 
and was killed by a shot in the head at Laurell Hill, May 
10, 1864. Bequeathed his estate to his mother. 

iv. Francis E., b. Nov., 1842; d. unm. May 6, 1873. 

V. Thomas Gowen, b. Oct. 4, 1844; d. Sept. 19, 1847. 

vi. Mary G., b. Oct. 18, 1847; d. Feb. 28, 1848. 
877. vii. Thomas Gowen, b. Jan. 23, 1850. 



484 

George * {Jonathan,'' Amos^ Amvs,^ John* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,^ William'), torn at LynnfieUl, Jan. 15, 1812; married 
March 24, 1843, Nancy D., daughter of Marshall and So- 
phronia Atherton, Ixirn in Townsend ; she survived him, 
and married second, Oct. 3, 1861, George Washington Lusk. 

Resided at Leominster and Gardner. 

Children : 

i. George Atherton,' b. Aug. 28, 1847; d. Feb. 6, 1854. 
ii. Ida E., b. June i, 1852; d. Feb. 3, 1854. 



485 

Levi Benjamin ** {Lnn,'' Lni^ Amos,^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,^ William'), Ixjrn in Boston, April 28, 181 2; married 
Feb. 23, 1842, Joanna Lewis, daughter of Henry and Catherine 
(Bullard) Partridge, Ixjrn in Walpole; she died July i, 1892, 
ae. 81 years, 6 months. 

He was an iron merchant and an alderman of Boston. 

He died April 19, 1856, leaving his estate to his wife and son. 

Child : 

Charles Benjamin,' b. March 3, 1843; d. unm. Dec. ii, 1861. 



250 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

486 

Charles Danforth ^ {Levi,'' Levi,^ Amos,^ John,'* Jo- 
seph,'' William,'), lx)rn in Boston, April 17, 1814; married 
Nov. 3, 1836, Eliza F., daughter of Francis Jackson, Esq., of 
Boston, the noted abolitionist. 

He died June 2, 1845. ^^'"s- Merriam married second, 
James Eddy, then of Boston, afterward of Providence, R. I. 

Children : 

880. i. Francis Jackson,' b. March 18, 1837. 

ii. Eliza, b. May 14, 1841 ; named in her father's will. 

iii. Charles Levi, b. at Framingham, Feb. 13, d. May 30, 1844. 

487 

William Atwood * {Robert,'' Robert,^ Joseph,^ Robert,'* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born April 5, 181 1; married at 
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1836, Lucy H. Fairfield. 

He was a farmer at Pittsfield, O., from 1837. 

He died Feb. 27, 1871. 

Children : 

i. Robert," b. Jan. 7, 1840; m. (i) ; m. (2) June 2, 1869, 

Chloe M. Sheffield, b. Oct. 30, 1844, in No. Camden, O.; 
a farmer; res. Pittsfield, O. 

ii. Joseph F., b. Dec. 17, 1841; supt. of C. R. R. in St. Joseph, 
Mo., in 1880. 

Daughter : 
Lucy, b. 1877. 

488 

Barnard States * {Nathan,'' Robert,^ Joseph,^ Robert,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William^), born Oct. 25, 1812; married 
March 20, 1850, Emily I. Case. 

Children : 

i. George Slater," b. Nov. 23, 1858. 
ii. Emily, b. Aug. 27, 1862. 
iii. Nellie, b. Sept. i, 1864. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 251 

490 

John Hudson * {Joseph,'' Robert,^ Joseph,^ Robert* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Niagara, N. Y., May 31, 182 1; 
married July 2, 1849, Penelope, daughter of Isaac and Ann 
Eliza (Salisbury) Brooks, of Chippewa, Canada. 

We learn that "one of the daughters married, Oct. 5, 1880, 
Harry W. Hobson, druggist, of Willard, Ont." 

Children : 

i. Francis," b. Oct. 20, 1850; d. Feb. 9, 1853. 

ii. Charles W., b. Jan. i, 1853; d. Nov. 12, 1876. 

iii. Norman S., b. Oct. 5, 1855; d. June 10, 1870. 

iv. Eliza E., b. Aug. 18, 1857. 

V. Mary Ella, b. Oct. 8, 1859. 

vi. Clara E., b. Nov. 7, 1863. 

4«n 

James Hkrvey * (Joseph,'' Robert,'' Joseph,'^ Robert,'* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), lx)rn at Niagara, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1824; 
married Dec. 2. 1851, Lucinda M. Brooks, of Conneaut, O. 

He was a cabinet-maker at Conneaut. 

Children : 

i. Florence M.,» b. Dec. 24, 1852. 
885. ii. Joseph H., b. May 31, 1856. 

iii. William, b. June 23, 1858; d. March 28, 1859. 

4<)2 

Edward Douglass * {Joseph,'' Robert'' Joseph,^ Robert,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William '), torn at Niagara, N. Y., Dec. 
II, 1827; married May 2, 1855, Phebe A. Keycs, of Con- 
neaut, O. 

He studied medicine with Dr. H. M. Conger, of Buffalo, 
N. Y.; graduated at Cicneva Medical College in 185 1; prac- 
tised in Buffalo during the famous cholera season of 1852; 
removed to Conneaut, O., in 1853, where he continued to 
practise. 

Children : 

i. William Henry," b. Dec. 24, 1855; d. .\ug. 2, 1856. 

ii. Charles Keyes, b. Jan. 17, 1857; grad. Bellevue Hospital 

Medical College, March 11, 188 1. 
iii. Clara Eliza, b. June 16, 1859; d. April 15, i860. 
iv. Carrie Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1862. 



252 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

493 

Samuel* (Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, April 24, 1798; 
married Dec. 27, 1831, Elmira, daughter of Samuel and Polly 
(Wood) Puffer. 

He resided in Westminster; died Sept. 9, 1853. 

The widow married second, Ezra Baker, of Gardner ; after 
his death she made her home in Boston with her daughter, Mrs. 
Whitney. 

Children : 

i. Adelaide E.,^ b. Oct. 6, 1832; m. Willard Foskett; she d. Nov. 
20, 189 1. 

891. ii. Reuben P., b. Nov. 9, 1835. 

iii. Edson, b. March 21, 1837; d. Oct. 17, 1853. 

iv. Mary W., b. March 2, 1839; m. Nov. 23, 1858, Fred. P. Wliit- 
ney, of Gardner. Endowed with rare musical powers and 
trained by eminent teachers at home and abroad, Mrs. Whit- 
ney achieved great success in England and America ; was 
one of the quartette selected to sing at the funeral of Gen. 
Grant in 1885; res. Boston. 

Children : 

1. Edson Leon Whitney, b. Nov. 3, 1861; H. U., 1885; prof. 

of history, Norwich Univ., Vt. 

2. Harry Clifford Whitney, b. Sept. 28, 1863; d. Sept. 24, 1864. 
V. Martha J., b. Nov. 17, 1842; m. Geo. Miller. 

vi. Charles H., b. March 14, 1851; d. May 3, 1852. 

494 

Joel * (Nathan,'' Samuel,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Gardner, Feb. 21, 1786; married 
March 31, 1808, Polly, daughter of Asa and Damaris (Gates) 
Farnsworth. Resided in Westminster. Was a manufacturer 
of cooper ware and ran a carding machine ; afterward a farmer. 
An earnest Christian and full of philanthropy; active in the 
Baptist church, of which he was a deacon, and in the 
temperance and antislavery reforms; one of the original 
"Liberty Party" men in Westminster. He died Aug. 18, 
1867. His widow died July 22, 1873, as. 84. 

Children : 

i. Infant, b. and d. 1808. 

892. ii. Franklin,^ b. March 5, 1810. 



I 





111. 


893- 


iv. 


894- 


V. 


895- 


vi. 




vii. 




viii. 




ix. 




X. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 253 

Reuben, b. and d. 1812. 

Albert, b. Dec. 18, 1813. 

Joel, b. May 28, 18 16. 

Artemas, b. July 21, 1818. 

Mary, b. .April 27, 1821; m. Amos Pierce; d. Aug. 27, 1868. 

Hannah F., b. Nov. 11, 1823; m. Edward Bacon; d. Oct. 

17, 1884. 
Sarah E., b. June 14, 1826; d. unm. Oct. 4, 1846. 
Stillman, b. March 11, 1829; killed by a falling rock, June 25, 

1835- 

495 

Nathan * (Nathan,'' Samuel'' Thomas,^ Thomas* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in Gardner, Nov. 27, 1787; married 
at Princeton, Nov. 27, 181 1, Ruth, daughter of John and Lucy 
(Hale) Keyes, of P. She survived him, and (hed at Temple- 
ton, Feb. 20, 1863, ae. 76. 

He was a farmer. A serious accident disabled him so that 
he was helpless for many years, but most faithfully cared for 
by his eldest son. He died Oct. 23, 1853. 

Children : 

896. i. Abner Holdcn," b. May 11, 1812. 

ii. Kli/.alicth Howard, b. July 17, 1815; d. Aug. 20, 1837. 

iii. .Abigail, b. July 17, 1817; d. unm. Nov. 26, 1879. 

iv. Nathan, b. June 2, 1819; d. .Aug. 25, 1837. 

897. V. Joseph Dudley, b. Aug. 28, 182 1. 

vi. Phebe Keyes, b. Nov. 10, 1823; d. May 2, 1836. 



496 

Asaph * {N^athan,'' Satnucl,'' Thomas,'' Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph' William'), born in Gardner, March 20, 1792; mar- 
ried first, April 18, 1815, Anna W. Gibson, of Fitchburg. She 
died May 5, 1827. He married second, Feb. 14, 1829, Lorania 
Davis, born in Stoddard, N. H., died at Fitchburg, 
Feb. 14, 1858, ae. 63. He was educated for the ministry; or- 
dained as pastor of the Baptist church in West Royalston 
about 1826; afterward ministered at New Ipswich, N. H., 
Canton, Athol, and Bolton. "Was a man of devout and 
earnest spirit, of deep and tender sympathies, a conscientious 
preacher, a faithful pastor;" useful and honored. 

He died at Bolton, of typhoid fever, Sept. 19, 1868. 



254 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Asaph Lyman,'' b. Feb. 8, 1817; d. Feb. 16, 1821. 

ii. Salmond Newell, b. Jan. 12, 1819; d. Jan. 26, 1843. 

iii. Alfred, b. Nov. 5, 1820; d. Sept. 13, 1838. 

iv. Nancy Ann, b. Aug. 5, 1822; d. June 24, 1829. 

V. Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1823. 

vi. Evalina, b. Aug. 17, 1825; a teacher, "a lovely character;" 

m. at Athol, Aug. 26, 1845, James Chandler Partridge, of 

Templeton. Res. Burlington, la. She d. July 29, 1869. 
vii. Lucius B., b. Feb. 7, 1827; m. Emily D. Upham. 
viii. Francis, b. Feb. 20, 1829. 
i.x. Marietta, A. E., b. April 20, 183 1; m. Charles H. Wliite, of 

Bolton, son of Abijah and Clarissa White, b. at Bennington, 

Vt. 
X. Lorena Angelina, b. July 24, 1833; d. May 7, 1838. 

497 

Jacob Harris ^ {Jonathan,'' Samuel^ Thomas,^ Thomas* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born in Gardner, Jan. 22, 1799; 
married Abigail L. Wheeler. 

He was a minister at Fitchburg some time. 

Children : 

i. Mary Elizabeth," b. Jan. 4, 1838. 

ii. Sarah Abbie, b. in Fitchburg, Sept. 24, 1839 ; d. there Nov. 

26, 1855, ae. 16. 
iii. Ellen Augusta, b. in Fitchburg, Sept. 21, 1840; m. Oct. 27, 

1870, Charles B. Prescott, of Pittstield. 
899. iv. Lyman Wheeler, b. March 31, 1844. 



498 

Jonas * {Jonas,'' Thomas^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William^), born in Westminster, March 21, 1790; 
married June i, 1819, Prudence, daughter of Asa and Bethia 
(Winthrop) Miller. He lived for a few years in Gardner, but 
returned to W., and remained the rest of his life. His children 
had unusual talent for music. He died Nov. 6, 1857. His 
Avidow died Feb. 3, 1873, se. 76 years, 9 months, 21 days. 

Children : 

900. i. Alfred," b. Jan. 26, 182 1. 
ii. Martha, b. and d. in 1823. 

901. iii. George Washington, b. Oct. 23, 1824. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 255 

902. iv. Newell H., b. Oct. 31, 1826. 

903. V. Francis A., b. Sept. 4, 1828. 

vi. Catherine H., b. Oct. 30, 1830; m. March 22, 1863, Elmer 

Baker; d. May 6, 1879. 
vii. Martha, b. and d. in 1833. 

904. viii. Aaron Wood, b. Aug. 11, 1834. 

ix. Thomas Wilder, b. May 23, 1840; d. unm. 

John * (Jonas,' Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William '), torn in Westminster, Aug. 2, 1792; mar- 
ried July 4, 181 6, widow Sally Moore Savery, of West Boylston ; 
carried on the business of fulling cloth in (Gardner for some 
time; returned and farmed on the old homestead. 

He died Dec. 31, 1858. 

Children : 

905. i. Caleb S.,' b. July 18, 1817. 

ii. Anna C, b. Nov. 22, 1819; m. Joseph B. Urury. 

906. iii. Jonas, 3d, b. March 19, 1823. 

907. iv. Oliver ^I., b. Sept. 2, 1825. 

V. Sally Rebecca, b. July 2, 1828; m. Otis Flagg. 

vi. Persis E., b. May 23, 1832; m. April 18, 1858, Aaron W. Ware. 



500 

Clark * {Jonas,'' Thonius^ Thamus,' Thomas,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, April 11, 1804; 
married Sept. i, 1830, Lorinda Clark. Resided at Princeton 
and Leominster; returned to Westminster and afterward 
removed to Sparta, Wis. Was a shoemaker. 

Child : 

Farwell Wilder,' b. Aug. 20, 1843; res. Winona, Wis. 



501 

Asa" {Asa,^ Thomas,^ Thomus,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Westminster, July 7, 1799; married in 
Hubbardston May 12, 1825, Sally Warren; she died Sept. 
18, 1859, ae. 56. He resided at Westminster, Princeton and 
Hubbardston. 



9o8. 


ii. 




iii. 




iv. 


909. 


V. 


910. 


vi. 


911. 


vii. 




viii. 


912. 


ix. 




X. 



256 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

Calvin," b. March 20, 1826. 

Adeline, b. Dec. 10, 1827; d. May 26, 1836. 

Francis, b. March 17, 1829; d. March 19, 1831. 

Amanda, b. Aug. 9, 1830; m. Wm. Matthews. 

Farwell, b. Jan. 14, 1832. 

John Flavel, b. Jan. 16, 1834. 

Rufus N., b. Nov. 28, 1837. 

Edward, b. March 8, 1839; m. Alta Crouse. 

Newell, b. Feb. 28, 184 1. 

Willard, b. Aug. 8, 1842; d. Sept. 29, 1881; his father inherited 
his estate, 
xi. Sarah, b. Dec. 2, 1846; m. in Worcester, May 5, 1868, Henry 

H. Dexter, 
xii. Emily, b. May 4, 1848. 

502 

Thomas ^ {Asa,' Thomas," TJwmas,' Thomas,^ Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born in Westminster, July 23, 1801; mar- 
ried (int. April 7, 1829) Betsey, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth (Stearns) Whitney. 

Resided in Westminster on the original Nathan Howard 
place. He died suddenly, Sept. 24, 1877. His widow died 
July 15, 1888, a?. 89. 

Children : 

i. Mary E.," b. June 4, 1830. 
ii. Sarah M., b. June 7, 1835. 
iii. John F., b. Aug. 23, 1838. 

503 

Reed ^ {Asa,'' Thomas," Thomas,' Thomas,' Joseph,' Joseph' 
William'), born in Westminster, Oct. i, 1803; married first, 
March i, 1832, Susan, daughter of Joseph Raymond, who 
died Oct. 24, 1833, s. 34. He married second, Nov. 4, 1834, 
Rebecca Maria, daughter of Joseph and Sally Graves Minott; 
she died June 21, i860. He suffered from nervous difficulties 
some years. He died March 13, 1884. 

Children : 

i. George Porter,9 b. March 20, 1833; d. Aug. 27, 1845. 
ii. A child, d. March 25, 1837. 
914. iii. Charles Farwell, b. Feb. 14, 1840. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 257 

504 

Benjamin ^ {Benjamin,'' Nathaniel," Nathaniel,' Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), torn in Roxbury, June 25, 18 19; 
married first, June 5, 1850, Emily S. Diamond, born in Boston, 
March 30, 1835, died Dec. 18, 1858. Married second, April 
30, 1862, Emma A., daughter of Robert and Eliza (Barker) 
Mitchell, 22, born in Plymouth, N. H., April 15, 1840. She 
died Jan. 8, 1892. He was city marshal of Roxbury, 1857- 
1865; collector of internal revenue; health officer, from 
1868 till his death. Devised the plan of testing sewers with 
oil of peppermint, since widely used. A man and officer highly 
spoken of. 

He died in West Roxbury, Ai)ril 7, 1900. 



Children : 



III. 



Emily Maria Abbie,' b. Aug. 22, 1853; m. (i) Aj)ril 24, 1872, 
John F., son of Albert and Nancy J. Kenneson, of Somer- 
ville, 23. He d. and she m. (2) Jefferson C. Everett. 

Ik-rtha I':iiza, b. in Roxbury, Oct. 9, 1864; m. in Boston, 
June 1, 1887, Clement Willis, son of John B. and Mar)' 
E. Sparhawk ; he is a physician, residing in West Ro.xbury, 
Boston. 

Benjamin Robert, b. June 14, 1871; d. Aug. 9, 1872. 



iv. Ruth, b. May 8, 1878. 



505 



Abijah Seaver ** (Abijah,' Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,' Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Roxbury, Oct. i, 1808; 
married Harriet S., daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Colburn, 
Ixjrn in Taunton. She died Aug. 12, 1872, a;. 42 years, 7 
months, 5 days. 

He was a tanner, residing in West Roxbury. 

Children : 

i. (leorge B.,« b. Aug. 29, 1851; d. Nov. 2, 1865, x. 14 years, 

2 months, 
ii. Sarah C, b. Sept. 11, 1852. 
iii. Kate R., b. Aug. 4, 1854; d. in Attleboro Oct. 12, 1873, se. 

19 years, 2 months, 8 days, 
iv. Abijah W., b. March 10, '1858; d. Oct. 16, 1865, a;. 7 years, 

7 months, 7 days. 



258 MERKIAM GENEALOGY 



506 



Charles H. * {Abijah,'' Nathaniel f' Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Roxbury about 1813; 
married in Milton, March 11, 1861, Eliza A. D., daughter 
of George W. and Betsey Humphrey, born in Marblehead in 
1825. 

He was a farmer. 

Children : 

i. Caty,9 b. and d. March 17, 1862. 
918. ii. Charles Henry, b. Jan. 6, 1864. 

iii. Eliza Ann Devereux, b. Oct. 7, 1867. 

iv. Annie L. D., b. 1870; m. in Cambridge, April 5, 1893, D. 

Frank, son of Charles and Catherine Murray Ford, a student, 

residing in Cambridge. 



508 

David ^ (David,'' Isaac, ^ Isaac,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born June 9, 1786; married first, Oct. 19, 1809, 
Amy Douglass, who died Jan. 28, 1830. He married second, 

Nancy, who died Feb. 13, 1863. He died where he had 

lived at Brandon, Vt., July 10, 1862. 



510 

Isaac Foster ^ {David,'' Isaac, ^ Isaac, ^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Brandon, Vt., July 27, 1790; 
married June 23, 1817, Cynthia Conant, born Jan. 2, 1795, 
died June i, 1877. 

Became a physician; studied with Dr. Joel Green, of 
Brandon, Vt. 

He died Sept. 30, 1856. 

Children : 

919. i. John Conant,^ b. Jan. 9, 1819. 

ii. Maria Louisa, b. Aug. 6, 1820; m. O. W. Smith; res. Dexter, 

Mich. 
iii. Julia Charity, b. Aug. 8, 1822; m. Sidney Keith; she d. Dec. 

7, 1873- 
iv. Samuel Judson, b. March 22, 1824; d. April 18, 1868. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 259 

V. James Foster, b. Jan. 24, 1828; res. Lubeme, Minn, 

vi. Delia Augusta, b. Jan. 15, 1831; d. April 16, 1863. 

vii. Sidney, b. Aug. 13, 1833; d. March 27, 1852. 

viii. Charles, b. Jan. 25, 1836; res. Brandon, Vt. 

511 

Cyrus * (David,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' 
William'), born at Brandon, Vt., July 14, 1793; married Oct. 
24, 1825, Catherine Huldah, daugliter of Col. Benjamin and 
Martha (Putnam) Tupper, born Jan. 5, 1803. 

He removed to Putnam, O. ; died Oct. 24, 1873. 

Children : 

i. Phebe Foster,' b. July, 1828; m. W. D. Vausant. 

ii. George Douglass, b. Aug., 1830; m. Sarah J. Kitchen; d. Oct., 

1865. 

iii. Martha Tu|)per, b. Aug., 1832; m. John H. Cole, 

iv. Edward Tupper, b. May, 1836. Res. Patterson (O. ?). 

V. Charles Albert, b. Nov., 1838. 

vi. Henr}' Howard, b. Jan., 1841; m. Fannie S. Guthrie. 

513 

Daniel Dodge * {David,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,-* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William,'), bom Feb. 9, 181 2; married July 6, 
1842, at Pittsford, Vt., Sarah W. Spencer, born Feb. 3, 
1822. 

He resided some years at Brandon, Vt. ; removed West; 
established the firm of D. D. Merriam & Son, wholesale and 
retail dealers in lumber, laths, and shingles at Quincy, 111. 

He died Jan. 12, 1893. 

Children : 

920. i. Cassius M.," b. Oct. 31, 1843. 

ii. Albert S., b. March 20, 1847; m. Aug. 28, 187 1, Eliza J. Smith; 

res. Kansas City, Mo. 
iii. Ella G., b. March 13, 1854; m. Dec. 13, 1874, C. A. Bronaugh, 

b. April 4, 1848, in New London, Mo. 

514 

David * (Isaac,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born at Northumberland, N. H., May 5, 1790; 



260 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

married Feb. i6, 1814, Joanna, daughter of Gideon Smith, 
of Brunswick, Vt. She died in August, 1848. He died 
April 15, 1877. 

He lived and died at Stratford, N. H. 

Children : 

i. Albert Peverly," b. 18 16, d, 183 1. 

ii. Anna Eliza, b. 1820, d. 1824. 

iii. Joseph Wait, b. June 14, 1828; m. May 12, 1870, Sarah 
Louise Abbott, of Delta, O.; she d. July 16, 1901. He is 
a lawyer in Chicago, 111., where he has resided already 44 
years. 



Isaac * {Isaac,'' Isaac, ^ Isaac, ^ Thomas," Joseph,^ Joseph,^ 
William^), born in Northumberland, N. H., Feb. 24,1792; 
married in Salem, N. Y., Aug. 2, 182 1, Jane Vanderlip, born 
April, 1803, died Feb. 19, 1895. 

He was a merchant ; resided at Salem, N. Y. ; removed to 
Boston in 1841, having his home in West Roxbury. He died 
Jan. 8, 1869. 

Children, all but youngest, born at Salem, N. Y. : 

921. i. Robert Law,^ b. May 27, 1822. 

922. ii. William Clark, b. Aug. 6, 1824. 

923. iii. Andrew Battles, b. May 23, 1826. 

924. iv. James Whyte, b. March 10, 1828. 

V. Sara Vanderhp, b. Sept. i, 1830; m. in Boston, Jan. 15, 1851, 
John Lusk Childs, b. at Williamstown, March 2, 1823. Con- 
verted at 18, beginning city life in Boston in 1844, he joined 
Mt. Vernon Cong. Church, and under that remarkable 
developer of strong characters. Rev. E. N. Kirk, D. D., 
he grew to be a symmetrical and hearty Christian business 
man, unremitting in his appHcation to the great cares and 
duties of his business, equally so in the church work, Sunday- 
school teaching, and whatever helped on the great cause. 
He was sometime a partner in the wholesale dry-goods house 
of Whitney & Fenno, later in the wool business. His career 
was closed here too early as a result of over-application; 
he d. Nov. 16, 1868. 

Children : 

I. Frederic Merriam Childs, b. Jan. 23, 1853; d. in Milwaukee, 
Wis. (drowned), Aug. 10, 1863. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 261 

2. Harriet Newell Childs, b. at Council Bluffs, la., July 23, 

1856; Wellesley College, special, 1880; went to Turkey 
as a teacher in missionary schools; m. in Constantinople, 
Sept. 20, 1888, Rev. Willis Waldo Mead, D. D., of the 
A. B. C. F. M., professor in the Theological Seminary at 
Marash. In 1898 they returned to this country. 

3. James Merriam Childs, b. Aug. 28, 1858; m. Nov. 12, 

1884, Anna Elizabeth Potter; he was in the wool business 
in Boston; d. Oct. 22, 1892. 

4. Jennie Louise Childs, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 28, 

1861; studied at Wellesley College (1880); m. (i) in Bos- 
ton, Jan. 29, 1891, Dr. Silas Allen Potter; he d. July 10, 
1892. She m. (2) June 6, 1899, Rev. Walter Laidlaw, 
of New York City. 

Children : 

(i) Philip Childs Potter, b. Jan. 16, 1892. 
(2) Robert Wordsworth Laicilaw, b. Feb. 6, 1901. 
925. vi. Joseph Waite, b. May 18, 1833. 

vii. Louisa Jane, b. June i, 1835; m. Nov. 5, 1856, Thomas Hill, 
of Boston. He d. in 19CX). 

Children : 

1. Jennie Grant Hill, b. in Council Bluffs, la., Sept. 14, 1857; 

m. Sept. 13, 1881, Rev. F. W. March, of Syria (Presby- 
terian Mission). 

2. William Battles Hill, b. in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1859; 

d. May, i860. 

3. Edward Merriam Hill, b. in Conway, N. H., Oct. 14, 1862. 

4. Arthur Thompson Hill, b. in Boston, April 27, 1864; m. 

Aug. 27, 1890, Louise Exldy, of Westboro. Was si.\ years 
treasurer and business manager of the Cong, mission at 
Kobe, Japan; has since been superintendent of Mt. Hol- 
yoke College, South Hadley. 

5. Elizabeth Cleveland Hill, b. in Boston, Feb. i, 1866. 
viii. Abigail, d. June 4, 1839. 



r>i(; 

Jonas * {Isaac,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
William^), born at NorthumlK'rland, X. IL, Sept. 15 (or May 
23). 1798; married first, Lucinda ((jramsljy) Day, who was 
born Aug. 27, 181 1, and died Aug. 25, 1866. He married 
second, in 1868, Ann Maria (Bond) Wilson, who died in May, 
1883. 
Resided at Stratford, N. II., died Jan. 25, 1888. 



262 



MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



Children : 

i. Harvey Rice," b. Jilly 6, 1841; enlisted in the 4th Iowa Cav- 
alry in the War of the Rebellion; was killed at the battle 
of Red River, La. 

926. ii. Edward Benjamin, b. July 3, 1844. 

927. iii. Charles Henry, b. May i, 1850. 



617 

Benjamin * {Isaac,'' Isaac f" Isaac, ^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,'' William'), born at Northumberland, N. H., Sept. 15, 
1801 ; married Oct. 18, 1825, Abigail, daughter of Samuel and 
Abigail (Dunton) Blake, born Oct. 30, 1807. She died Feb. 
2, 1857. 

He resided at Northumberland, N. H. ; was a farmer. 

He died Oct. 29, 1861. 

Children : 

i. Ann Eliza,' b. Oct. 15, 1826; m. William Grandison Fuller. 

Res. Stratford, N. H.; she d. March, 187 1. 
ii. Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 15, 1828; m. Sept. 25, 1855, Abram Manee, 

of New York City, 
iii. Harriet Vanderlip, b. Sept. 3, 1829; m. March 9, 1859, Dr. 

Cyrus C. Carpenter, of Corinth, Vt. ; removed to Stratford, 

N. H. 
928. iv. William Henry, b. Feb. 28, 183 1. 

v. Mary Rebecca, b. Jan. 25, 1833; ■"• July 2, 1851, Timothy 

Low Marshall, Jr., b. Dec. 17, 1829; he d. April 19, 1890. 

Resided at Northumberland, N. H. Mrs. Marshall now 

lives in Boston with her children. 

Children : 

1. Duer Woodbury Marshall, b. April 21, 1854; d. Feb. 5, 1856. 

2. George Duer Marshall, b. Dec. 29, 1855; m. (i) May, 1882, 

Nellie Rolf, of Ascot, Canada; she d. Dec. 16, 1897; he m. 
(2) April, 1899, Cynthia Mercer. Res. Worcester; is 
a carpenter and builder. 

Child: 

Dwight Eugene Marshall, b. Aug. 24, 1885. 

3. Charles Edward Marshall, b. Sept. 16, 1858; m. June, 1894, 

Anna E. Davis, of New London, Ct. ; res. Worcester; 
is a member of the firm of Dwight L. Marshall & Co. 

4. Frederick Eugene Marshall, b. Oct. 12, 1861; a real estate 

dealer in Boston. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 263 

5. Dwight Lawton Marshall, b. Oct. 12, 1864. Resides in 

Boston. Is senior partner of the firm of Dwight L. Mar- 
shall & Co., dealers in flour, feed and grain. 

6. Mary Rebecca Marshall, b. Aug. 6, 1871; m. May 10, 

1893, Frank Monroe, of Boston. 

Child: 

Howard Marshall Monroe, b. June 10, 1900. 
vi. George Royal, b. July i, 1835; d. Jan. 10, 1854. 
vii. Martha Edda, b. April 19, 1837; m. Nov. 8, i860, James 

Frederick Green, of New York City. Res. La JoUa, Cal. 
viii. Susan Blake, b. Dec. 14, 1838; m. Oct. 30, 1858, Charles Rol- 

lin Merriam (No. 931). 
ix. Julia Adelaide, b. Aug. 19, 1840; m. Oct. 18, 1865, William 
Cobleigh, of Northumberland, N. H. Res. Cor\-allis, Mont. 

Child: 

William M. Cobleigh. 
X. Samuel Edward, b. March 9, 1847; enlisted in the Union 
army in 1862, and ser\-ed till the close of the war. Then 
served in the regular army till 1879. Is still in government 
service; resides in San Francisco, Cal. 



518 

Joseph Waite * {Isaac,'' Isaac,''' Isaac,^ Tliomus," Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born in Northumberland, N. H., Aug. 
27, 1803; married in Ro.xbury, Oct. 9, 1834, Sarah Wilhelmina, 
daughter of Capt. Josiah and Rebecca (White) Seaverns, born 
Nov. 25, 1805. She died July 5, 1894. 

He died in Boston, Aug. 12, 1877. 

Children : 

i. Joseph Waite, Jr.," b. Sept. 17, 1835; d. in Boston, July 5, 1894. 
930. ii. Edwin Augustus, b. Aug. 19, 1838. 

iii. Nellie Maria, b. Oct. 19, 1848; m. (i) Dec. i, 1869, Albert 
George Sherman; res. in New York City. Married (2) 
Oct. 3, 1882, Frederick Albert Winslow, of Boston; he d. 
Jan. 30, 1886. 

Children : 

1. George Merriam Sherman, b. May 7, 187 1. 

2. Gardner Arnold Sherman, b. Nov. 13, 1873; d. Jan. 18, 1876. 

3. Joseph Edwin Sherman, b. Feb. 25, 1875. 



264 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

519 

Isaac ^ (Jonathan,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,' Thomas,' Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William '), born at Ashburnham, Oct. 25, 1789; married 
at Groton, N. H., Sept. 14, 1813, Mary Powers. 

He became a Baptist minister. He received the honorary 
degree of A. M. from Waterville College in 1827. Was pastor 
some time at Eastport, Me., in Sturbridge, Mass., and in later 
years at Tremont, 111. 

Children : 
i. Mary.9 
ii. Jonathan, 
iii. Josephine, 
iv. Abby. 

520 

Jonathan * (Jonathan,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,' Thomas,-* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born at Ashburton, Nov. 5, 1791 ; married 
at Leicester, Vt., March, 1824, Achsah Olin. 

A Baptist minister in Vermont and Illinois. He received 
the degree of A. M. from Middlebury College in 1829. He 
died in 1840. 

Child : 

Marcellus.9 

521 

Abel Woods * (Jonathan,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,' Thomas,-* Joseph,' 
Joseph," William'), born at Brandon, Vt., Dec. 24, 1804; 
married at Bridport, Vt., June 6, 1833, Louisa, daughter of 
John and Margaret Hurd, born in Addison, Vt., Feb. 24, 1813. 

He died at Arlington, Vt., June 20, 1847. 

Children : 
931. i. Charles RoUin," b. at Arlington, Vt., May 27, 1834. 
ii. Mary Eliza, b. May 17, 1836. 

iii. Emily Louisa, b. at Springtield, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1839; m. March 
15, 1858, at E. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Charles P. Frye. Re- 
moved to Florence, Ala.; she d. Feb. 22, 1895. 

Children : 

1. Charles Hammond Frye, b. July 20, 1859. 

2. Harvey Merriam Frye, b. Oct. 28, 1864. 

3. Mae Louise Frye, b. Jan. 23, 1880; m. William M. Farrell; 

res. Birmingham, Ala. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 265 

522 

Mylon * [Janatkmi,'' Isaac^ Isaac,' Thomas* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William'), born at Brandon, Vt., July 5, 181 1; mar- 
ried first, in Waterville, Me., Oct. 20, 1842, Diantha, daughter 
of Dea. Nathaniel Russell, of Waterville, Me. She died April 
II, 1851. 

He married second, March, 1854, Hannah, daughter of 
Capt. Richard M. Green, of Warwick, R. I. She died March 
22, 1869. He married third, Dec. i, 1870, in Springfield 
(Mass.), residing then in West Hartford, Ct., Sarah E. Elliot, 
born in Mason, N. H., in 1830. 

He was graduated from Waterville College (Me.) in 1835, 
Hamilton Theol. Inst., 1842; became a Baptist minister. 
Served at Grafton and IX'rby, Vt., Waterville, New Gloucester, 
Me., Sharon, Mass., and several other places in New England; 
was widely useful and respected. 

He died Ix^fore May 31, i8go. Administration of his estate 
was granted to the widow, and her sons Walter S. and Mylon C. 
joined in her Ijond Oct. 8, 1890; mention was made in the 
probate papers of the daughter Bessie G., residing at Provi- 
dence, R. I. 

Children : 

i. Walter Scott (of Mylon and Hannah), b. in Sharon, July 9, 

1856. 
ii. Mylon Conant, b. Feb. 6, 1858. Res. Grand Haven, Kan. 
iii. Bessie G., b. Oct. 17, 1861. ^ 

523 

Silas* {Benjamin,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,' Thomas,* Joseph,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), Ixirn at Brandon, Vt., in 1798; married 
first, Lucy Hoyt. Married second, Ann Gregg. He was of 
Malone, N. Y.; died Aug. 11, 1864. 

Children : 

i. \Viiliam.9 

ii. Benjamin, 

iii. Lucy, 

iv. Jane. 

V. Alvin. 

vi. Silas G.; res. Fenton, Mich, 

viii. Mary. 



266 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

524 

John * (Benjamin,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Thomas f Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,^ William '), born at Brandon, Vt., March 7, 1806; mar- 
ried Jan. II, 1837, Lura Ann Keeler, born Nov. 14, 1813. Re- 
sided at Malone, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Henry J.,' b. Jan. 3, 1838. 

ii. John K., b. Feb. 9, 1840; res. Malone, N. Y. 

iii. Eleanor, b. May 10, 1842. 

iv. Emily, b. Sept. 7, 1844. 

V. Frederick, b. Aug. 26, 1847. 

vi. Eunice J., b. Jan. 7, 1850. 



525 

Benjamin Franklin * {Benjamin,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Thomas* 
Joseph,'' Joseph,"" William '), born at Brandon, Vt., Feb. 7, 
1808; married at Malone, N. Y., Sept. i, 1831, Lura S. Webb. 

Children : 

i. Helen M.,« b. July 7, 1833. 
ii. Mary I., b. Sept. 13, 1835. 
iii. Orline E., b. Feb. 12, 1838. 
iv. Rosetta E., b. July 30, 1842. 

V. Cassius A., b. March 25, 1846; m. Cornelia , b. in Mid- 

dlebury, Vt. ; res. at Brighton in 1873. 



535a 

William * {Benjamin,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,^ William^), born at Brandon, Vt., Feb. 8, 1810; mar- 
ried March 22, 1838, Julia B. Runell. He resided at Malone, 

N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Martha C," b. Jan. 2, 1841. 
ii. Alice A., b. Nov. 11, 1847. 
iii. Chester J., b. July 13, 1852. 



t 



EIGHTH GENERATION 267 



5'25b 



Isaac * (Benjamin,'' Isaac," Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph' William '), born at Malone, N. Y., Dec. 4, 181 1; mar- 
ried at Cornwall, Vt., July 11, 1847, Lucinda Smith Goodrich, 
born at Addison, Vt., May 16, 1822. He removed to Water- 
town, Wis., later to Lowell, and in 1863 to Columbus, Wis., 
where he died Sept. 6, 1880. 

Children : 

i. Mary Helen,' b. Aug. 8, 1851. 

ii. Lucy Maria, b. Jan. 3, 1854. 

iii. Sarah Isabel, b. July 15, 1856. 

iv. Jesse Isaac, b. Aug. 29, 1858. 



536 

Isaac ^ {Joshua,'' Isaac" Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,' Joseph,' 
William^), born in [Morristown,Vt.], April 24,1801; married 
July 24, 1826, Mary P. Hale, lx)rn in Brandon, Vt., April 18, 
1807, died at Watcrbury, Vt., May 4, 1882. 

Resided at Hyde Park, Morrisvillc,Stowe, and Waterbury,Vt. 

He followed his father's trade and business in furs and hats 
part of his life; settled upon a farm, raised stock, furnished 
lumber for building, etc. He died at Waterbury, Vt., Aug. 
24, 1825. 

Children : 

i. Mary Jane,' b. Jan. 27, 1828; m. at Hyde Park, Vt., June 9, 

1851, John Wesley Chittenden, 
ii. Luthera Ann, b. Sept. 25, 1829; m. (i) at Hyde Park, Vt., 

June 24, 1852, Eben Barnes; m. (2) Jay Chittenden; m. 

(3) Chase. 

iii. Louisa Phebe, b. Sept. 15, 1831; m. at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 

16, 1859, Jeptha Parker; his second mar.; d. .April 24, 1905. 
iv. Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 28, 1833; m. at Nashua, N. H., Josiah 

C. Wheat. 
934. V. Luther Hale, b. March 7, 1836. 

vi. Huldah Hubbard, b. July 5, 1838; m. at Waterbur)' Centre, 

Vt., Nov. 3, 1879, .\bram S. Adams, 
vii. Amanda Rebecca, b. June 5, 1840; m. John W. Farr, a soldier 

in the Civil War. 
viii. Betsey Conant, b. March 13, 1842; m. at Morrisville, Vt., 

Sept. 30, 1891, Terence O'Hara. 



268 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

935. ix. Joshua, b. Dec. 22, 1843. 

X. Florentine Amelia, b. Jan. 11, 1846; m. at Waterbury Centre, 
Vt., Nov. 29, 1879, Harvey Eddy. 

936. xi. Horace William, b. Dec. 31, 1849. 



527 

Selden ^ (Joshua,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' 
M'illiam'), txarn at [Morristown, Vt.], Dec. 12, 1805; married 
Oct. 12, 1828, Amanda Cook, born in 1810 and died in 1839. 

He resided in Morristown and at Hyde Park, Vt. ; was a 
farmer. He died June 25, 1877. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Arvilla," b. Dec. 28, 1828; m. March 2, 1853, Henry 
Olmstead, b. May 31, 1825; res. Elmore, Vt.; she d. April 
27, 1868. 

Children : 

1. Mary Arvilla Olmstead, b. Oct. 11, 1856; d. June 25, 1893. 

2. Hattie Amanda Olmstead, b. Dec. 4, 1858; d. Aug. 24, i860. 

3. Willie Harry Wesley Olmstead, b. Oct. 20, 1861; d. Sept. 

10, 1862. 

4. Albert Henry Olmstead, b. Feb. 25, 1865. 

5. Herbert Arthur Olmstead, b. and d. Sept. 4, 1867. 

ii. Lucy Celinda, b. June 8, 1833; m. in Worcester, April 17, 1854, 
Oscar Alonzo Betterley, b. in Jaffrey, N. H., Sept. 11, 1831; 
he d. Sept. 14, 1904. 

Children : 

1. Celinda Arvilla Betterley, b. Feb. 9, 1855; m. in Malone, 

N. Y., Aug. 24, 1875, Elbert Fish; she d. Aug. 2, 1879. 

2. George Selden Betterley, b. Oct. 14, 1857; m. in Auburn, 

Cal., Sept. 4, 1882, Minnie Jones. 

3. Edvifin Alonzo Betterley, b. Feb. 16, 1861; m. in Eureka, 

Cal., Dec. 3, 1884, Dora Marion Rayburn. 

4. Bertram Oscar Betterley, b. in Auburn, Cal., Sept. 19, 1876. 
937. iii. Albert Chester, b. Oct. 29, 1835. 



528 

Herschell Park ^ [Jmias Davis,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William '), born at Rumney, N. H., Feb. 
15, 1807; married at Craftsbury, Vt., Dec. 25, 1834, Betsey, 
daughter of John and Elizabeth Towle, who was born in 




HORACE AIEKKIAM 



EIGHTH GENERATION 269 

Peacham, Vt., Jan. 25, 181 1; she died in Berlin, Wis., Aug. 
27, 1904. 

He was a blacksmith in early life, then a farmer, and after- 
ward a fire insurance agent. He served in the War of the 
Rebellion in Co. H., io6th N. Y. Vol. Inf. in the 6th Army 
Corps. Resided in Malone, N. Y., many years; removed in 
1865 to Berlin, Wis. He died there Aug. 21, 1890. 

Children : 

i. llarritt Louisa," b. at Malone, N. Y., March 3, 1836; d. in 

Wakefield (Mass.), June 3, 1880. 
ii. Sarah Eliza, b. Sept. 2, 1838; d. in Oshkosh, N. Y., unm., 

Dec. 9, 1877. 
iii. Lucinda Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1842; m. Rev. Wm. Brown 

of the M. E. Church. Survives him. 
938. iv. Eaureston Alphonso, b. Dec. 7, 1843. 

V. Hetscv Christiana, b. Jan. 20, 1848; tn. Milan JefTers, of Wild 

Rose, Wis. 
vi. Emma Aurelia, b. Feb. 5, 1852; m. David Williams, of Berlin, 

Wis. 

529 

Horatio * (Jonus Davis,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph' William'), torn Oct. i, 1816. 

Resided in Malone, N. Y., and removed to Berlin, Wis.; 
was a music teacher and dealer in music. 

530 

Horace ' {Jonas Davis,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,"" Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born March 11, 1822; married at Malone, 
N. Y., Aug. 30, 1848, Eliza, daughter of John and Jane Wright. 
She died Nov. 22, 1893. 

He bcxame an attorncy-at-law, and also gave attention to 
fire insurance. 

Resided successively at Malone, N. Y., Berlin, Wis., and 
Kansas City, Mo. He died March 3, 1897. 

Children : 

i. Charles Horace," b. Aug. 1, 1850; d. Aug. 27, 1851. 

ii. Harriet Eliza, b. April 24, 1853; m. May 21, 1885, Samuel 

S. Van Der Voort; res. Chicago, 111. 
iii. Frederick De Forest, b. Sept. 7, 1855; d. Feb. 22, 1897. 
iv. Alfred Sidney, b. Dec. 14, 1858; d. Aug. 25, 1899. 
940. V. Willard, b. at Berlin, Wis., Jan. 20, 1864. 



270 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

532 

Royal Augustus ^ {John,'' John!' John,^ John,'* John,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born in Topsfield, Jan. 30, 1786; mar- 
ried at Newburyport, March 12, 1839, Adeline, daughter of 
Nathaniel Marsh, born March 20, 1806; died March 11, 1887. 

He graduated at Dartmouth Medical School, receiving the 
degree of M. B. in 181 1 and M. D. in 1820. Was a physician 
in his native town, residing in later years in the house his father 
had built and occupied. 

He died Nov. 13, 1864. 

Children : 

i. Sidney Augustus," b. March 11, 184 1. He graduated at Dart- 
mouth College in 186 1; studied medicine. Was hospital 
steward in the 40th Mass. Vol. Inf., and commissioned First 
Lieutenant. After the war he carried on the farm in Tops- 
field. He d. unm. Aug. 14, 1876. 
942. ii. Arthur Marsh, b. April 12, 1843. 



533 

Frederick Jones * {John,'' John! John,^ John,"* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Topsfield, Dec. 8, 1788; mar- 
ried first, June i, 1815, Hannah, daughter of Amos Perley, 
of Boxford. She died of consumption, Oct. 23, 1830, re. 39. 
He married second (intention Oct. 9, 1831), Martha Eastman, 
of Sanbornton, N. H. She outlived him, and married (2) Gen. 
Solomon Low, of Boxford (intention at Boxford, Feb. 17, 

1849). 

He was a cattle-buyer in New England, selling at Brighton; 
resided at Topsfield. 

He died March 25, 1843. 

Children : 

943. i. Henry Augustus," b. July 26, 1816. 

ii. John, b. Feb. 9, 1820; d. July 26, 1822. 

944. iii. John, b. Dec. 7, 1822. 

945. iv. Frederick Perley, b. June i6, 1825. 

V. Charles Greenlief, b. July 24, 1829; he went to California 
in 1849; Isft foJ" home within year, but died on the passage. 
Unm. 

946. vi. Nathaniel Perley, b. April 20, 1834. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 271 

534 

Jonas * (Jonas,'' John,'' John,^ John," John,^ Joseph,' Will- 
iam^), born at Topsfield, May 12, 1803; married May i, 
1856, Miriam Couch, born in Salisbury. 

He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1826. Was a pastor 
and teacher; many years editor of The World's Crisis, a paper 
devoted to the doctrines of the Second Advent denomination. 
Resided at Concord, N. H., from 1855 till his death, May 
27, 1871. 



535 

Eldridge * (John,'' John^ John,^ Nathaniel,* John,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born at Bedford, Feb. 8, 1802; married 
first, April 15, 1823, Eliot Webber, who died July 24, 1855, 
ae. 51. He married second, March 23, 1856, Sarah, daughter 

of James and Mary Inglish, widow of Brown, torn in 

Lyman, N. H., 39 years of age. 

He was a farmer in Bedford ; died Sept. 25, 1868. Isaac N. 
Damon was appointed administrator of his estate, Oct. 27 
following. 

Children : 

i. John Eldridge, b. Oct. 13, 1824. 

ii. Lucretia Eliot, b. Nov. 9, 1827; m. Hiram Farmer. Res. in 

State of N. Y. in 1868. 
iii. Lucy Eveline, b. Jan. 11, 1835; m. Geo. W. Cutler; d. March 

26, 1857. 

947. iv. .'\sa Minot (Minot Asa), b. July, 1838. 

948. V. Nathan .Albert, b. March, 1840. 

vi. Mary Adeline, b. April 9, 1844; d. in Le.xington, unm., Jan. 

20, 1863. 
vii. Charles E., b. 1858. 



536 

John Augustus * (John,'' John,'' John,^ Nathaniel,* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Bedford, Dec. 20, 1803; married 
there April 14, 1830, Nancy Bacon. She died July 20, 1878. 

Resided most of his life at Bedford; kept a store. 

He died March 19, 1882. 



272 MERRLAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Maria Antoinette,'' b. Dec. 20, 1830; m. Daniel L. Shorey, 
Esq. Became a school-teacher (at 16) and a writer of dis- 
tinction for magazines and other publications. 

Children : 

1. Paul Shorey, Harv. Univ., 1878; Ph.D., Munich; prof. 

Bryn Mawr, Pa., writer and lecturer. 

2. Martha Hall Shorey. 

950. ii. William Augustus, b. May 20, 1834. 

iii. Mary Jane, b. Nov. 10, 1835; m. Amos Warren Proctor. 

951. iv. George Haven, b. Jan. 22, 1840. 

V. John, 2d, b. May 15, 1843; "poisoned by eating tobacco," 

Jan. II, 1846. [Bedf. rec] 
vi. Nancy, b. June i, 1847; m. Willson. 

537 

William Strong ** (William 7?.,' William,^ JoJin,^ N^afhan- 
iel,^ John,^ Joseph,'' William'), born at Bolton, Feb. 15, 1802; 
married Jan. 3, 1821, Jane, daughter of James and Sylvia 
Ismon, of Essex, N. Y., born Aug. 14, 1798; died Dec. 8, 
1866. 

He was an iron manufacturer, and an enterprising business 
man of great ability and attractive cjualities. 

He died May 6, 1854, in Lewies, Essex Co., N. Y., where 
he had spent his business life. 

Children : 

i. Sylvia,"' b. July 30, 1822; ni. in 1846 James W. Steele; she 
d. Aug. 3, 1856. 

952. ii. John Lafayette,' b. in Brookfield, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1825. 
iii. Louise, b. April 8, 1830; d. Feb. 28, 1831. 

iv. Carrie C, b. April 13, 1832; m. Oct. 16, 1856, Reuben D. 
Eggleston. Resided at St. Paul, Minn. He d. April 15, 1904. 

Children : 

1. William Ransom Eggleston, b. Sept. 9, d. Nov. 10, 1857. 

2. Mary Ellen Eggleston, b. Feb. 15, i86o; d. March 19, 1869 

3. Nellie Merriam Eggleston, b. March 2, 1867; d. Oct. 5, 186 ■ 

538 

Albert Lafayette ^ {William 5.,' William^ John,^ Na- 
thaniel,'^ John,^ Joseph," William "), born at Bolton, Feb. 20, 
1 8 10; married Sept. 12, 1855, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of 



EIGHTH GENERATION 273 

Maj. John B. and Barbara (Brubaker) Strickler, born in 
Luray, V^a., Dec. 19, 1833. 

He resided at Sandwich, De Kalb Co., 111. 

He died April 4, 1871. 

Children : 
953. i. John \Villiani,9 b. Sept. 14, 1856. 

ii. Rebecca Jessie, b. May 28, 1860J m. at Milford, 111., Dec. 16, 
1885, Clare B. Bovie. Res. Jamestown, N. Dak. 

Child: 

Carrie Julia Bovie, b. Oct. 17, 1890. 
iii. Henry Ward Beecher Bovie, b. Feb. 22, 1864; d. Oct. 6, 1882. 

539 

Joseph (Josephus) Rand" {Josephus,' William'' John,' 
Nathaniel,' John,' Joseph,' William '), born at Bedford, Dec. 
24, 1812; married June 6, 1847, Sarah A., daughter of Thomas 
and Ann Rothbun, born in 1825, died May i, 1863. He 
was a lawyer at New London, Ct. ; died Sept. 8, 1879. 

Children : 

i. Thomas Josephus,' b. May 7, 1849; ^- Ju"e 6, 1873. 

ii. Betsey Annie, b. July 31, 1850; d. Nov. 17, 1854. 

iii. William Jackson, b. Jan. 16, 1854; d. March 29, 1855. 

iv. Sarah Augusta, b. April 20, 1858; d. Jan. 23, 1863. 

v. Addic Palmer, b. Feb. 14, i860; m. (i) June, 1880, Frederick 
Morse, of Leominster, who d. Sept., 1880. She m. (2) at 
Cromwell, Ct., Feb. i, 1882, Dr. Herbert C. Rogers, of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

Child: 

Robert Merriam Rogers. 

540 

David Howe " (Josephus,' William^ John,' Nathaniel,'' 
John;' Joseph,' William '), born in Essex, N. Y., July 3, 1820; 
married at Fitchburg, Dec. 19, 1866, Dora Rhoda, daughter 
of Gilbert B. and Rhoda Hayes, born in Buckland, in 1841. 

He was a lawyer in Filchburg. Was representative in i860; 
provost marshal, qth district, in 1863; justice of the peace, 
1867; associate justice of police court from 1868; mayor, 
1877-8. He died Oct. II, 1888. 



274 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Lizzie Dora,'' b. in Fitchburg, Oct. 21, 1867. 
954. ii. David Hayes, b. in Fitchburg, July 6, 1869. 
iii. Charles Henry, b. in Fitchburg, July 31, 1874. 

541 

Charles Henry ^ {Josephus,^ William^ Jokn,^ Nathaniel* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Essex, N. Y., March i, 
1822; married at Leominster, Nov. 10, 1852, Laura S. Wilder. 

Resided many years at Leominster. He was a lawyer. Was 
active in militia. 

During the War of the Rebellion he served on the staff of 
Gen. Morse. Was a representative to the legislature, 1869 
to 1871, and State Senator, 1878-9. He was president of the 
Worcester Conference of Unitarian churches. He died Oct. i, 
1883. 

Child : 

Laura S.,^ b. July 29, 1853; m. Oct. 30, 1889, Hamilton Mayo, 
lawyer, of Leominster, his second wife. 

542 

Joseph ^ (Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Jo- 
seph,'' William'), born at Grafton, Sept. 18, 1796; married 
April 27, 1825, Mary C, daughter of John and Polly (Chapin) 
Warren, born March 16, 1799. 

Children : 

i. Joseph Augustus,' b. July 28, 1826; d. in Shasta, Cal., of 
bilious fever, Dec. 16, 1849, whither he had gone " around 
the Horn," and was working as a carpenter. 

958. ii. John Warren, b. Jan. 2, 1833. 

959. iii. Henry Edwin, b. Dec. 10, 1837. 

543 

John H.* (Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Joseph,-* John,^ Jo- 
seph,'' William'), born in Grafton, Dec. 27, 1800; married 
Jan. 4, 1826, Sally, daughter of Levi and Mary Goddard, 
born Nov. 29, 1801. 

He was a carpenter; removed in 1854 to South Framing- 
ham; resided there till his death, Sept. 24, 1881. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 275 



Children : 



i. Martha Ann,' b. in 1826. 

ii. John Goddard, b. July 25, 183 1; was a cavalry officer in the 

War of the Rebellion ; d. in Washington, D. C, of wounds 

received in battle. Was highly respected. 

961. iii. George E., b. in 1833. 

iv. Mary G.; m. June 28, 1854, Chauncy L. Mitchell, of South 
Framingham. 

544 

Charles « {Joseph,' Joseph^ Joseph,' Joseph,* John,' Jo- 
seph," William'), born at Grafton, Feb. 8, 1807; married at 
Southborough, Dec. 17, 1835, Caroline, daughter of Rev. J. 
Parker, of Southtorough. He lived on the farm with his father 
many years; then removed to Worcester in April, 1853, where 
he entered into real estate business, and found better educational 
opportunities for his children. 

He died March 16, 1888. His widow died March 9, 1890, 
ae. 78 years, 11 months, 8 days. 

Children : 

962. i. Charles J.," b. Nov. 12, 1836. 

ii. Anna Parker, b. Se])t. 22, 1839; became a teacher in Freed- 
men's Schools in North Carolina during the war, and after- 
ward in Georgia; m. in 1873 Lyman E. Brooks, of Colum- 
bus, Ga., and resided there. 

963. iii. Lucius P., b. Nov. 22, 1846. 



645 

David Edwin* {Joseph,' Joseph^ Joseph,^ Joseph,* John, '^ 
Joseph," William,'), born in Grafton, July 28, 1814; married 
first, Oct. 18, 1842, Jane Sophia Trask,'who died Oct. 25, 
1845, as. 26. He married second, Sarah J. Smith; married 
third, June 21, 1865, Sarah L.. daughter of Billings and Har- 
riet Mann, born in Bellingham, 36 years old. 

He was a clerk in the freight department of the Boston and 
Worcester R. R. some time ; then went to Leicester and became 
a teller, and after\vard cashier of the Leicester Bank. 

Child: 

Frank E., b. Feb. 5; d. Sept. 17, 1854. 



276 MEERIAM GENEALOGY 

546 

Timothy Harrison * {Timothy,'' Timothy^ Joseph,^ Joseph* 
John,^ Joseph," William'), born in Grafton, April lo, 1810; 
married at Rutland, Dec. 26, 1833, Susan Johnson. 

Child: 

965. Francis H.,' b. in 1834. 

547 

Noah Kimball ^ {Tarrant,'' Timothy^ Joseph,^ Joseph,'* 
John,' Joseph," William'), born at Grafton, May 18, 181 1; 
married first, Nov. 11, 1834, Harriet Harlow, born Aug. 14, 
1808. She died Dec. 5, 1880. 

He married second, June 14, 1881, Mrs. Abby P. Conkey, 
who died Feb. 5, 1887. He married third, May 31, 1888, Mrs. 
Clara (Kilncr) Hawes, born July 9, 1822, died March 21, 
1904. 

He resided several years at Randolph, O. ; returned about 
1846, and made his home in "New England Village " (North 
Grafton). He removed to Worcester in 1887, and spent the 
remainder of his life there. 

He died in November, 1895. 

Children : 

966. i. Henry Harrison," b. in Randolph, O., March i, 1841. 

ii. Harriet Allen, b. Sept. 22, 1843; m. Jan. i, 1867, Lyman S. 
Walker; res. Boylston. 

Children : 

1. Edward Joseph Walker, b. Aug. 23, 1872; m. Aug. 15, 

1895, Louise Maria Bray, b. Feb. 14, 187 1. 

Children : 

(i) Beth Louise Walker, b. June 23, 1896. 

(2) Alice Ada Walker, b. Jan. 27, 1899. 

(3) Edith Merriam Walker, b. Sept. 21, 1903. 

2. Lena Ada Walker, b. Sept. 30, 1874; m. June 17, 1896, 

George Henry Langley, b. Feb. 5, 1867. 

Child : 

Harriet Walker Langley, b. Sept. 9, 1903. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 277 

548 

Joseph Augustus * (Tarrant,' Timothy!' Joseph,^ Joseph* 
John,' Joseph,' William'), lx)rn at Grafton, Dec. 23, 1832; 
married April 5, 1849, Ruth, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary 
Eastman (Lang) Pecker, torn Dec. 22, 1825. 

He was a druggist ; resided at East Concord, N. H., and 
West Cliff, Colo. 

He died May 27, 1902. 

Children : 

967. i. Samuel Pecker,' b. Feb. ig, 1850. 

968. ii. Walter Eugene, b. Nov. 8, 1853. 

iii. Hattie Anna, b. Nov. 29, 1858; m. Charles H. Stuart; res. 
Kansas City, Mo. 



549 

John Quincy* (Tarrant,^ Timothy,'' Joseph,'' Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Grafton, Dec. 26, 1825; 
married Jan. i, 1849, Maria A., daughter of Eto-nezer and 
Abby Barrett, torn in 1830. He resided at Fort Scott, Kan.; 
was a real estate dealer. 

He died Nov. 18, 1900. 

Children : 

i. Cora C," b. Feb. 28, 1856; d. Feb. 24, 1857. 
ii. Louise Kimball, b. April 11, 1859; m. Joseph I). Havens; 
res. Kans;is City, Mo. 
969. iii. Harry Baker, b. Nov. 13, 1861. 



550 

Joseph Bidwei.i. * {Joseph,'' Timothy! Joseph,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Randolph, O., Jan. 21, 
1827; married July 8, 1857, Helen, daughter of Edmund P. 
Morgan (of the firm of Morgan & Root) of Cleveland, O. 

He was graduated at Western Reserve College in 1848; was 
for five years principal of Shaw Academy, Cleveland, O. Went 
into business in Cleveland, being senior partner of the firm of 
The Merriam &: Morgan Parafme Company, competing with 
the Standard Oil Company in some of its lines. Was very 



278 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

successful. Was an active church-member and strong helper 
of the Young Men's Christian Association, some time its presi- 
dent and instrumental in the erection of its fine building ; gave 
at one time $10,000 to its work. 

He died of apoplexy, Feb. 20, 1901. 

Children : 

i. Laura,» b. July i6, i860; m. Oct. 5, 1881, William Stewart, 
a lawyer of Ceveland, O., b. in Mercer Co., Pa., March 26, 
1848. 

Children : 

1. Vance Stewart, b. May i, 1883. 

2. Florence Stewart, b. June i, 1885; d. Nov. 24, 1892. 

3. Paul Meriam Stewart, b. April 23, 1887. 

4. Morgan Sherrard Stewart, b. Sept. 2, 1888; d. April 27, 1890. 

5. Virda Stewart, b. April 30, 1891. 

6. Waldo Stewart, b. April 10, 1894; d. March 16, 1899. 

7. Gertrude Patricia Stewart, b. March 17, 1896. 

8. Orr Nash Stewart, b. Nov. 12, 1900. 

9. Josephine Stewart, b. Nov. 12, 1900. 
970. ii. Edmond Bidwell, b. Dec. 3, 1863. 

iii. Antoinette Ehzabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1868; d. Aug. 7, 1872. 

iv. Helen Louise, b. Sept. 15, 1871. 

v. Alice, b. April 10, 1874; was an organist in Hudson and Cleve- 
land, O.; m. Clay Herrick, a Cleveland banker; his mother 
was a daughter of Hon. Cassius M. Clay, and on the wed- 
ding of the Clay-Meriam pair, a present came from the 
bridegroom's grandmother, at that time only 22 years of age! 

Children : 

1. Wendell Herrick. 

2. Meriam Herrick. 

vi. Joseph Winthrop, b. May 22, 1878; educated at Oberlin Col- 
lege; has a position in Garfield Bank, Cleveland, O. 



551 

Theodore Frelinghuysen ^ {Joseph,'^ Timothy^ Joseph,^ 
Joseph,'' JoJin,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Randolph, O., 
Jan. 6, 1832; married first, July 7, 1857, Sarah, daughter of 
Ezekiel Adams, of East Cleveland, O., born Jan. 6, 1835. She 
organized with others the Randolph Ladies' Domestic Asso- 
ciation; taught pencil drawing and singing classes, and also 
taught a class in the Sunday school. She died in May, 1879. 
He married second, June 29, 1881, Mary M. More, who had 



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EIGHTH GENERATION 279 

been a school-teacher, and who has shown much interest and 
ability in the care of the sick. 

Mr. Meriam studied at Oberlin College; taught school ten 
years; was principal at one time of Shaw Academy. Has re- 
sided most of his life on the old homestead at Randolph, O. 
Was president of the Portage County Bible Society 14 years; 
correspondent of the county newspaper; deacon and Sunday- 
school superintendent; organized a farmers' club, which met 
monthly for forty years. 

Children : 

971. i. Howard Theodore," b. July 11, 1859. 

ii. Ruth Estella, b. Aug. 25, 1861; m. Sept. 20, 1882, Benjamin 
Frank Price, farmer; she d. June i, 1905. 

Children : 

1. Paul Price, b. May 5, 1884. 

2. Howard Price, b. Feb. 16, 1888. 

972. iii. Chester .\dams, b. Nov. 18, 1863. 

973. iv. Morrison Ellsworth, b. Oct. 15, 1867. 

V. Junius Lathrop, b. Oct. 28, 1872; grad. Oberlin Coll., A. B., 
1895; New York State Normal College, Pd. B., 1898; Har- 
vard Univ., A.M., 1902; Columbia Coll., Ph.D., 1905. 
Meantime he taught and did assistant instructor work at 
several places. Was elected in 1904 professor of theory and 
practice of teaching in the Teachers' College in the Univ. 
of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., where he now is. 

974. vi. Joseph Bidwell, 2d, b. Oct. 28, 1872 (twin with Junius La- 

throp). 

975. viii. Oliver Frelinghuysen, b. Nov. 3, 1882. 

552 

William Morrison * {Joseph,'' Timothy^ Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,'^ John,^ Joseph' William^), born at Randolph, O., Feb. 
24, 1835; married May 7, i860, Elizateth H., daughter of 
C. L. Lathrop, of Cleveland, O. He became a school-teacher, 
and later a business man in Cleveland. Was an earnest Chris- 
tian, a force for good in the church and in Y.M. C.A.work and 
other activities. He died of consumption, Nov. 5, 1867. 

Children : 

i. William Lathrop,* b. Oct. 29, 1862; a banker in Cleveland, 
ii. Fanny Hallock, b. Dec. 24, 1865. 



280 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

554 

Horatio Cook * (Tarrant P.,' John,^ Samuel,^ Joseph,-* 
John,^ Joseph," William'), born Aug. 26, 1806; married first, 
Mary, daughter of Jacob Hill and Elizabeth (Waite) Bates, 
born in Cambridge, Dec. 24, 1812; died Feb. i, 1834. He 
married second, at Lowell, April 15, 1835, Esther, daughter 
of Laban and Rebecca (Withington) Lewis, of Canton, born 
June 9, 1810, died Feb. 23, 1882. 

He was graduated from Harvard University in 1829 ; LL.B., 
1831 ; A. M., 1834. Entered into the practice of law at Lowell. 

Had a suburban home at Tewksbury. He died Aug. 6, 
1872. 

He entered Harvard College fcom the Concord Academy, when nine- 
teen years of age. When in College he taught in the public school for two 
years in Old Cambridge, afterward in the Cambridge Academy. After 
receiving his degree from the Law School, he entered upon the practice 
of the law in Lowell. In May, 1832, he was sent to Washington as dele- 
gate to the national convention of Republican Young Men. He was ac- 
tive and influential in establishing Public schools in Lowell, also in for- 
warding the interests of the Ba])tist church as a member of the Society. 
He was always much interesed in scientific agriculture, and in 1842 and 
1843 was editor of the Boston Cultivator. From 1844-48 he was inspector 
of customs in Boston and he received a silver cup from the British North 
American Steam Navigation Co. for aid in distress. He afterward be- 
came absorbed in the "Wool Question;" and his papers in the N. Y. 
Journal oj Commerce and the N. Y. Evening Post, and other journals, 
were widely read and influential on the tariff, being quoted as authori- 
tative on the floor of Congress. He had a large stock and fruit farm of 
choice breeds and varieties, and was a constant contributor to the agri- 
cultural press of New England and New York. He was much inter- 
ested in establishing the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and was in 
request as a forcible and eloquent speaker at the celebrations of New Eng- 
land State and county agricultural societies. His stock and fruit took 
many premiums and medals. 

He was a man of strong personality, of warm affections, and great force 
of character; of indomitable will and perseverance. The late Dr. Nathan 
Allen, of Lowell, writes: "I had known [him] over thirty years. He had 
a strong mind, good common sense, decided and definite opinions of his 
own; fond of books; in advance of the day in his thoughts and opinions. 
I wish we had more of such men." 

Children : 

i. Laban Lewis," b. Jan. 25, 1836; d. July 30, 1844. 



u. 



Charles Withington, b. Aug. ir, 1837; d. April 15, 1838. 




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EIGHTH GENERATION 281 

iii. Man' Bates, b. Feb. 12, 1839. Went in i860 and again in 1887 
to the west coast of Africa as a missionary, and barely es- 
caped with her life. Wrote after her return " Home Life 
in Africa," whose profits went toward educating a native 
for the ministry. Was afterward educated in bibliography 
by Dr. Ezra Abbott in Harv. Coll. Library; prepared the well- 
known Quincy catalogue, the Prince catalogue, and those of the 
Minnesota Hist. Society, Middlebun,- Coll., and others. 
Later she has done much work in home and citv missions. 
Has been gathering information about the Merriam family 
for a long time, and has most liberally placed all her valuable 
collection at the service of the editor of this work. 

iv. Rebecca Withington, b. April 23, 1840; m. Dec. 29, 1869, 
John A., son of Daniel and Mehitabel Boston, b. in Wells, 
Me.; res. in Charlestown; his second marriage; she d. 
Oct. 23, 1870. 

V. Elizabeth Ann Bates, b. Feb. 20, 1842. 

vi. John Wells, b. Oct. 4, 1843; enlisted in the 15th Mass. Bat- 
tery, and died in service at Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1864. 

vii. Esther Lewis, b. Aug. 8, 1846. 
984. viii. Horatio Cook, b. March 20, 1849. 

555 

John Henry " {Tarrant P.,' John,^ Samuel,^ Joseph* John,' 
Joseph," William'), born at Concord, May 6, 1808; married 
first, May 16, 1832, Anna Maria, daughter of Henry Jackson. 

He married second, SeptemlDer, 1845, Mrs. Sarah Ann (Wal- 
ton) Bigler, of Washingtonville, N. Y. She died Aug. 3, 1873. 

Made his home in New V'ork City. 

Children : 

i. John Henry,'' b. Ajjril, 1834; d. at age of 6. 

ii. John, d. in infancy, 

iii. .\lice, d. in infancy, 

iv. Mary, d. in infancy, 

v. Ellen, d. in infancy, 

vi. Oscar, d. in infancy. 

vii. Henrietta, b. in 1852; m. William P. Erazer, of New York City. 

986. viii. Frank Batcheler, b. July 20, 1854. 

556 

Tarrant Putnam * {Tarrant P.,' Johnf' Samuel,^ Joseph* 
John,^ Joseph," William'), torn in Concord, Nov. 6, 1810; 
married F"anny Robinson, of New Bedford, born Dec. 28, 
1806; died Aug. 28, 1872. 



282 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was educated at Woburn Academy; taught navigation, 
bookkeeping and penmanship. Became a practical chemist, 
and manufactured "Chemical Olive Soap," "Oil of Bark," 
etc. ; took out patents and received medals from institutes and 
societies; resided at New Bedford and Providence, R. I. He 
died Feb. 7, 1884. 

567 

Harrison Gray Otis * {Tarrant P.,' John^ Samuel,^ Jo- 
seph,'^ John,^ Joseph," William'), born in Concord, Oct. 7, 
1812; married Irene Osgood, born in Warner, N. H., Feb. 3, 
1816, died in Chelsea, Sept. 21, 1888. 

He died at Dracut, April 29, 1867. 

Children : 

i. Irene,' b. Jan. 13, 1839; m. (i) Dec. 21, 1859, Freeman B., 
son of F. H. and Eliza Myrick, b. in Orleans, res. in New 
York City. She m. {2) George W. Moulton. She d. Aug. 
2, 1891. 

ii. Otis H., b. in 1842; m. Oct. 7, 1865, Louisa M., dau. of James 
H. and Eliza Norwood. 

iii. Daniel Beal, b. Jan. 13, 1846. 

iv. Fanny Robinson, b. Nov. 18, 1852.- 

658 

Abiel Hayward * {Tarrant P.,' John^ Samuel,^ Joseph,* 
Johii,^ Joseph,'' William'), born Aug. 9, 1817; married in 
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 22, 1845, Harriet E. West. 

He was educated at Medford Academy. Went in 1836 
to Brunswick, Ga., into the canal and R. R. office. Was a 
commission merchant. Removed to Savannah, Ga. He died 
in 1849. An only child died in infancy. 



560 

Francis * {Francis IF.,' John^ Samuel,^ Joseph," John,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in New York City, April 27, 1832; 
married June 16, 1867, Harriet B . Davis. 

Residence, New York and Brooklyn, N. Y. ; is in the fruit- 
canning business. 



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Children : 



i. Belle,9 b. Jan. 2, 1858. 

ii. Francis W., b. Jan. 28, 1862. 

561 

Charles Wiley* {Francis IF.,' John,^ Samuel,' Joseph* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born May 31, 1836; married Mary 
Davis. 

He was a farmer in Michigan and enhsted in the Union 
army in the War of the Rebellion. He removed to McMinnville, 
Tenn. 

Children : 

i. Frank," b. about i860, 
ii. Arthur, b. about 1862. 

562 

Joseph * (Joseph,' Joseph,'' Nathan,' Joseph,* John,' Jo- 
seph,' William'), born at Mason, N. H., May 11, 1802; mar- 
ried first, Mary D. ; married second, at Townsend, Dec. 21, 
1823, Nancy Davis. Resided at Mason, N. H. 

Children : 

988. i. Franklin M.," b. Sept. 13, 1824. 
ii. Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1827. 

989. iii. Augustus D., b. May 3, 1832. 
iv. Milo J., b. Jan. 13, 1834. 

563 

Elisha Jonas * (Joseph,' Joseph," Nathan,' Joseph,* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), bom at Mason, N. H., June 26, 1804; 
married May 27, 1827, Lucy Rebecca Lane, born in North 
Brookfield. Resided at Mason, N. H., till 1848, when he re- 
moved to Plymouth (Mass.). 

He was a shoe dealer. He died Feb. 24, 1874. 

Children : 

990. i. Henry Wilson, b, Jan. 20, 1828. 

ii. Sarah Caroline, b. July 23, 1830; m. Dec. 21, 1848, William 
Wheeler; she d. Jan. 23, 1853. 



284 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

991. iii. Samuel Lane, b. Oct. 18, 1832. 

iv. Edwin Elisha, b. Aug. 3, 1836; Amh. Coll., 1858; teacher; 
Union Theol. Sem., 1860-63; ordained Presb. minister 
at Salem, Pa., Aug. 3, 1864; d. there unm., Feb. 17, 1865. 

992. V. John J., b. Sept. 25, 1839. 
vi. Harriet M., b. Aug. 25, 1845. 



564 

Franklin ^ {Joseph,'' Joseph^ Nathan,^ Joseph,'^ John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Mason, N. H., May 27, 1809; 
married Mary Ann Lane, born Nov. 24, 1803. 

Residence, Mason, N. H. 

Children : 
993. i. George Franklin, b. Oct. 20, 1836. 

ii. Daniel L., b. May 12, 1841; d. Nov. 21, 1861. 
iii. Joseph B., b. Dec. 6, 1843; d. Feb. 25, 1869. 
iv. Abbie R., b. March 16, 1839. 

565 

Edmund * {Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathan,^ Joseph," John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Mason, N. H., Nov. 4, 181 1 ; mar- 
ried first, Martha S. Lane; she was born Nov. i, 1815, died 
Aug. 12, 1859. He married second, May 12, 1861, Maria A. 
Pierce. 

He died in 1876. 

Children : 

i. James W.,« b. Feb. 7, 1837 ; d. Feb. 17, 1863. 

ii. Lucie M., b. Aug. 18, 1838. 

iii. Martha Jane, b. July 8, 1841 ; d. March 31, 1871. 

iv. Charles E., b. July 7, 1843; d, in the Union army, Nov. 18, 

1862. 
v. Alvah. 
vi. Arthur. 

566 

Samuel^ {Samuel,'' Joseph^ Nathan,^ Joseph," John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born April 7, 1798; married Oct. 19, 
1825, at Grafton, Vt., Hannah French, born July 16, 1802, 
died June 26, 1898. 

He died at Waterbury. Vt., Sept. 12, 1879. 



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Children : 

i. Mary Ellen," b. Aug. 25, 1827; m. J. H. Hastings, of Waits- 
field, Vt. 

ii. Abbie M., b. June 13, 1829; m. J. C. Noyes, of Morrisville, Vt. 

iii. Rebecca M., b. June 20, 1831; m. R. M. Forest, of Water- 
bury, Vt. 

iv. Lucy Wheeler, b. July 10, 1833; d. July 11, 1836. 

994. V. Everett B., b. June 30, 1835. 

vi. Lucy W., b. June 21, 1837; m. John Messer; Chicago, 111. 

vii. Sarah W., b. June 2, 1839; m. H. B. Tillinghast; Toledo, O. 

viii. William F., b. May 26, 1841. 

995. ix. Charles Wentworth, b. Nov. 4, 1845. 

567 

Benjamin Wheeler * {Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph' William'), born May 8, 1803; married April 
4, 1833, Adeliza, daughter of Rev. Ebcnezer and Abigail (Jones) 
(Stearns) Hill.* She was born July 12, 1812. 

He went to New York City and Ix-came a merchant, dealing 
in mirrors, etc. He died April 25, 1884. 

Children : 

i. Adeliza Frances,' b. March 4, 1835; m. Jan. 22, 1865, D. 1). 

Sadler, 
ii. Maria Hill, b. Aug. 9, 1837; m. Dec. 7, 1862, Walter F. Brush, 
iii. Harriet Wheeler, b. Sept. 3, 1839; d. Feb. 10, 1865. 
iv. Abbie Caroline, b. Nov. 8, 1841; m. Nov. 2, 1870, Wm. R. 

Crane; she d. Feb. 27, 1880. 
V. Henry Everett, b. March 29, 1844. 
vi. Emma Rebecca, b. April 10, 1850; d. Oct. 9, 1873. 
vii. Annie Louisa, b. Nov. 27, 1852. 
viii. Sarah Wheeler, b. Sept. i, 1854. 

568 

Moses" (Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,^ Jo- 
seph,' William '), born at Mason, N. H., Jan. i, 1805 ; married 
June ID, 1832, Hannah Haynes, born April i, 1810; she died 
Nov. 27, 1862. 

He resided on the old homestead ; was a captain in the militia ; 
director of the New Ipswich National Bank. He died at the 
home of his son Samuel at Little Falls, N. Y., May 7, 1885; 
buried at Manchester, N. H. 

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286 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Hannah Celestia.^b. July 20, 1834; was educated at New Ips- 
wich Academy; m. July 31, 1855, Joseph S. Holt, of Wilton, 
N. H., a commercial traveller; he d. at Keene, N. H., Jan. 
26, 189 1. 

ii. Lucy Abby, b. Nov. 10, 1636; m. Sept. 20, r86o (being his 
first wife), Rev. Samuel L. Gerould, son of Rev. Moses and 
Cynthia (Locke) Gerould, b. July 11, 1834, A. B., Dart. 
Col., 1858, Union Theol. Sem., i860; Cong, minister at 
Stoddard, Goffstown, and HoUis, N. H., more than 20 years 
at last-named place. Served in 14th N. H. Vol. Inf. in the 
Civil War ; was long secretary of State Association of Churches, 
and widely honored and beloved. Died after great suffer- 
ing, May 22, 1906. 

Child: 

Mary Clementine Gerould, b. Dec. 3, 1861; educated at Goffs- 
town High School and Mt. Holyoke Coll. 
996. iii. Samuel Brooks, b. Nov. 9, 1838. 



569 

Aaron Brooks * {Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph," William^), born at Mason, N. H., Dec. 5, 
1806; married May 21, 1842, Hannah Matilda, daughter of 
Thomas Hanford and Hannah Matilda (Smith) Wentworth, 
born at Oswego, N. Y., March 15, 1818; died at Atlanta, Ga., 
in June, 1879. 

He was a hardware merchant at Oswego, N. Y., and at 
Atlanta, Ga., He died Aug. 27, 1879. 

Children : 

i. Ada Virginia,' b. April 30, 1843; d. unm. in 1865. 

ii. John Wentworth, b. July 12, 1845; d. July 7, 1876. 

iii. Mary Wentworth, b. July 31, 1848; d. unm. 1866. 

997. iv. Charles Edward, b. Sept. 7, 1850. 

v. Alfred Brooks, b. April 17, 1859. 



570 

Isaac Lewis * {Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born at Mason, N. H., Nov. 7, 181 5 ; mar- 
ried Ellen, daughter of James W. and Maria T. (Ames) Morri- 



EIGHTH GENERATION 287 

son, born at Watervliet, N. Y., Sept. i8, 1830; she died at 
New York City, May 7, 1903. 

He engaged in iron manufacture at Oswego, N. Y., in connec- 
tion with Mr. Ames. Was a successful man. He removed to 
New York City, but continued in the business as his sons have 
done. 

Children : 

998. i. Arthur Lewis," b. at Oswego, N. Y., May i, 1849. 

ii. Julia Estelle, b. at Oswego, N. Y., April 3, 1851; m. Oct. 21, 
1890, at New York City, Henry Carter Haskell. 

iii. Fred Wheeler, b. at Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1853 ; d. at San 
Gabriel, Cal., Feb. 23, 1885. 

iv. Frank, b. at Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1853; d. July 30, 1855. 

V. Nellie, b. at Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1856; d. Nov. 17, 1875. 

vi. Annie, b. at Oswego, N. Y., July 18, 1861; d. March 15, 1869. 

999. vii. Walter Bertrand, b. at New York City, Jan. 14, 1874. 

571 

George* {Nathan,'' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,' Jo- 
seph," William^), born in Princeton, Oct. 28, 1814; married 
(intention at Princeton, Nov. 29, 1839), Emily W. Gordon, 
of Fitchburg. 

He was a farmer at Princeton. 

He died Jan. 7, 1845. 

Children : 
looi. i. George Franklin,' b. July 31, 1841. 

ii. Charles Theodore, b. May 27, 1843; d. March 25, 1845. 
iii. Emily Melissa, b. Dec. 23, 1844; m. at Leominster, Nov. 
29, 1866, Edward Sharon, of Westminster. 

572 

Gardner* [Nathan,'' Amos,'' N'athan,^ Joseph,* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Princeton, July 3, 1828; married 
in Westminster, Oct. 28, 1852, Mary Jane, daughter of Daniel 
and Mary Miles, born in Westminster in 1831. 

A farmer and mechanic. 

Children : 

i. Nellie Gracia,' b. in Leominster, April 10, 1858. 
ii. Mary Anna, b. July 10, i860; m. Sept. 3, 1884, Leonard C. 
King, clerk, b. in Westminster; res. in Fitchburg. 



288 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

573 

Joseph Edwin ^ {Nathan,'' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,^ Jolin,^ 
Joseph,'' William'), born in Princeton, April 29, 1830; married 
in Worcester Sept. 19, 1855, Hannah E., daughter of Enoch 
and Polly Brooks, born in Princeton in 1835. 

A farmer at Princeton. 

Children : 

i. Mary Fidelia, b. May 4, 1857; d. Jan. 7, 1875. 
ii. Alice, b. May 22, 1861. 

577 

Joseph Franklin * (Amos,'' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph," John,'' 
Joseph,' William'), born at Princeton, March 15, 1820; mar- 
ried Mary Ann . 

He was a merchant, part of the time a travelling salesman. 
Resided at Lowell, then some time in Brimficld ; later in Lowell, 
where he died Nov. 17, 1857. 

Children : 

i. Ellen E.," b. at Lowell, Feb. 11, 1846; d. June 30, 1847. 
1007. ii. William Frank (Frank William), b. at Brimfield, July 20, 

1851. 

579 

Levi Parsons* (Amos,'' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,'* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Princeton, Sept. i, 1829; married 
May 18, 1854, Martha Ann, daughter of Dea. Jesse and Cath- 
erine (Johnson) Pierce, born in Brunswick, Me., March 2, 
1830. Her father was son of Nehemiah Pierce, of Monmouth, 
Me., and a descendant of Thomas Pierce, a pioneer at Charles- 
town, Mass., in 1634; her mother's grandfather, Col. Samuel 
Johnson, who commanded the 4th Massachusetts regiment in 
the Revolutionary War. Mr. Pierce died about the year 1844, 
and Mrs. Pierce had been living for a long time previous to the 
marriage of her daughter, next door to the Merriams, in High 
Street Square, Lowell; so the young people's acquaintance 
began at an early age. 

Levi attended the grammar school and high school in Lowell 
until the age of fifteen, when he began his business life with 




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EIGHTH GENERATION 289 

a china and glass dealer in Lowell, and from that time on he 
was never an expense to his father. He was an honest, straight- 
forward and energetic lad, and soon became chief assistant 
to his employer; remained with him until he retired from busi- 
ness and then entered the service of J. C. Ayer, of Lowell, for 
whom he travelled all over the United States several times, 
making contracts with the newspapers for advertisements. 

On his marriage Mr. Merriam started in the china and glass business 
on his own account at Lewiston, Me., but this venture did not prove a 
success, and he entered the service, first of Van Heusen & Charles, of 
Albany, N. Y., where he remained about four years, and afterward of 
Burtis Brothers, of New York City, both of the firms being in the china 
and glass trade. 

In November, 1863, Mr. Merriam went to Italy on a business venture, 
backed up by Mr. Burtis. The Italians at that time depended for their 
lighting on candles and oil lamps, and the enterprise in which Mr. Burtis 
and Mr. Merriam were engaged was to introduce into Italy American 
petroleum and American lamps. 

Establishments were o])ened in several Italian cities, and the head- 
quarters were at Genoa, where Mr. Merriam lived for nearly four years. 
During the latter part of his sojouni in Genoa, he held the appointment 
of American vice-consul in that city. 

About the end of 1866 Mr. Merriam met several Americans who were 
forming a company for the introduction of condensed milk, then only 
in use in America, into Europe. The Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Com- 
pany was formed, Mr. Merriam becoming one of the original directors 
and the company's agent in London. 

In 1870 differences of opinion on the directorate caused a split, and 
Mr. Merriam and some of his colleagues formed a new company, the 
English Condensed Milk Company, of which he became managing di- 
rector. The company had its factory at Aylesbun,-, in Buckinghamshire, 
and later a second one at Middlewich, in Cheshire, and offices in London, 
and had at first a prosperous career. After several years, however, man- 
ufacturing difficulties for which he was not responsible arose, and it was 
thought best to amalgamate the business with that of the Anglo-Swiss 
Company. 

In this arrangement, however, there was no place for Mr. Merriam, 
who sacrificed his private interests out of regard for those of his friends 
who had shares in the company. He received some compensation, but 
this was small, in view of the fact that he had devoted ten of the best years 
of his life to the condensed milk business, and had by dint of hard work 
and in the face of great obstacles introduced and established the busi- 
ness in England. 

At the age of forty-five he saw himself therefore obliged to make a fresh 
start in life; but, with the indomitable pluck and energy which never 
failed him, he threw himself into another new enterprise. 

The material now generally known as celluloid was first made, but in 



290 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

a very crude way, by Alexander Parkes, of Birmingham, who patented 
his process in the year 1855. Parkes called his material Parkesine; but 
neither the material made by him nor that made by his successor, Daniel 
Spill, had the necessary characteristics to make them generally appreciated. 
In the meantime the brothers Hyatt had produced in America a material 
made upon Parkes's lines which they called celluloid, and which, owing 
to its quahty, became much sought after. In 1875, just as Mr. Merriam 
had finished his connection with the condensed milk business, a repre- 
sentative of the celluloid company, who was also an acquaintance of 
Mr. Merriam, came to Europe, with the object of forming celluloid com- 
panies in England and France. This gentleman approached Mr. Mer- 
riam to join him in the formation of these companies, and the latter be- 
came for a short time one of the original directors of the Compagnie Fran- 
faise du Celluloid, and was to have been one of the directors of an Eng- 
lish company, which, however, owing to the sudden death of the solicitor 
who became chiefly responsible for its flotation, never came to anything. 
Mr. Merriam thereupon associated himself with Daniel Spill, of Homer- 
ton, London, who in 1877 transferred his business to the British Xylonite 
Company, Limited, of which company Mr. Merriam became in 1879 
joint, and in 1884 sole managing director. As managing director of the 
British Xylonite Company, Mr. Merriam had difficulties of every kind. 
The methods previously employed in the business had been unscientific, 
the machinery inadequate, and as a consequence the material at first 
made was far from perfect, and the few customers of the company were 
disgusted. In addition to this, the financial embarrassments of the com- 
pany were for years very serious, and all these difficulties, added to the 
apathy of the British public in the presence of a new industry, made a 
combination of adverse circumstances with which few men would have 
struggled for ten years. But Mr. Merriam was a brave and sanguine 
man, who never in the darkest days lost faith in the ultimate success of 
the enterprise, and who labored incessantly to improve the company's 
methods and to develop its business. 

In 1885 the company was within sight of its first dividend, when a dis- 
astrous fire stopped all thought of it for that year; but it earned a small 
profit in 1886, and declared its first dividend in 1887. 

In the latter year, the premises at Homerton in London becoming too 
cramped for the extending business, the company bought a farm of 130 
acres at Brantham in Suffolk; and Mr. Merriam devoted what proved 
to be the last years of his life to the foundation of a model factory and of 
a model village, which included about sixty houses for employees, with 
a school-house and a sports field. Later a tract of fifty acres was pur- 
chased at Hale End, in the suburbs of London, and another factory, model 
village, and office buildings erected there. 

In September, 1888, Mr. Merriam contracted a severe chill 
while watching the construction of the cottages at Brantham. 
In October, he sufficiently recovered to go, accompanied by 
his wife and daughter, to Nervi in Italy. Here, however, com- 




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EIGHTH GENERATION 291 

plications ensued, and he became seriously ill, so that early in 
December his son in London was telegraphed for. On his 
arrival a family council was held, and as Mr. Merriam wished 
strongly to go home, it was decided to make the attempt in 
spite of the doctor's advice. The journey was successful. Mr. 
Merriam reached home, if anything, better than when he left 
Italy, but nevertheless, his time had come, and about two weeks 
later, on the second of January, 1889, he passed away very 
peacefully in the presence of his loved ones. 

Children : 

loio. i. Charles Pierce,' b. at Lewiston, Me., May 29, 1856. 

ii. Katherine Pierce, b. at Albany, N. Y., June 26, 1858; d. July 
I, 1859. 

iii. Alice Whittaker, b. at Genoa, Italy, July 15, 1866; m. Oct. 
31, 1894, Ellis Wood ,Coubrough, of Blanefield, Sterling- 
shire, Scotland. 

Children : 

1. Charles Ellis Merriam Coubrough, b. Jan. 8, 1896. 

2. John Adair Coubrough, b. Oct. 23, 1899. 

580 

John Newton * {WiUiam,' Amos," Nathan,' Joseph,* John,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Princeton, March 25, 1822; mar- 
ried in Boston, Aug. 20, 1845, Dorcas Jane Carr, born in Sud- 
bury. She died July 30, 1891. 

He was a curcr of bacon. Resided at Newton and later at 
Cambridgeport. A sketch of his life, with portrait, appears in 
"The Manufactures and Manufactories of New England." 
He was a deacon of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, and 
a valuable member of the community. 

Children : 

i. Mary Jane,' b. at Newton, Oct. 21, 1848; d. in Cambridge, 

Sept. 18, 1850. 
ii. Mary E., b. April 20, 1852; d. Aug. 6, 1872. 
iii. Emma Jane, b. Oct., 1856; d. Sept. 21, 1857. 
iv. Susan M., b. March 16, 1858. 



292 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

681 

William Ward * {William,'' Amos,^ Nathan,^ Joseph,'* 
John,^ Joseph,^ William^), born at Princeton, Sept. 15, 1830; 
married at Cambridge, Sept. i, 1858, Susan, daughter of David 
and Susan Dimond, born in Boston in 1832. 

He was graduated from Harvard College in 1855 ; during the 
time was active in Christian work among the poor in Cam- 
bridgeport, superintending the mission which later developed 
into Stearns Chapel, and culminated in the formation of Hope 
Church. He graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 
1858 ; spent a few months in a very successful pastoral work at 
Kensington, N. H., was ordained as a Congregational minister 
at Cambridge, Nov. 29, 1858, and sailed as a missionary to 
Turkey in January, 1859. His "erect" and thorough character 
and the ardent and devoted qualities of his bride gave promise 
of great usefulness, and they were welcomed to the work most 
cordially. Assigned to Phillipopolis, in European Turkey 
(Bulgaria), they rapidly acquired the language and showed 
unusual efficiency in all the varied work. 

"He was the future man of Turkey in Europe," wrote Dr. 
Schaufler, of Constantinople, of him. " His faculty of gaining 
influence was great and copious, his executive ability great, his 
courage equal to any undertaking or any peril, — his cheerful- 
ness inspiring others and sustaining himself. His whole 
missionary character is well typified by the seal of Calvin, a 
hand holding out a burning heart," says another. 

But on the second day of July, 1862, as he and his wife and 
child were on their way home from the annual missionary 
meeting at Constantinople, the caravan was attacked by robbers, 
who shot him dead. 

Mrs. Merriam refused to leave the body, and was spared, 
as was the infant daughter. The sorrow of his associates and 
parishioners and neighbors was unbounded; three of the four 
bandits who murdered him were arrested by the Turkish 
government, and on the person of one of them was found the 
revolver which Mr. Merriam had, but did not use, the charges 
being all found, rusted in. Mrs. Merriam steadily sunk under 
the terrible strain, and died July 25, 1862, following. A memo- 
rial sermon was preached at Prospect Street Church, Cambridge 
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EIGHTH GENERATION 293 

the pastor, Rev. James O. Murray, in honor of the noble pair, 
so beloved for their life and work at home, so sacredly remem- 
bered now as members of "the noble army of martyrs." 

Child : 

Mary,' b. at Phillipojxslis, Bulgaria, Aug. 27, 1861; brought 
up in the family of her father's brother, Mr. John Newton 
Merriam, in Cambridge; m. Nov. 27, 1884, Charles W. 
Coman, of Ohio; resided at Americus, O.; now at Pasa- 
dena, Cal. 

582 

Amos Evarts ^ {William,' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Princeton, Sept. 6, 1832; married 
in Fall River, where he was then teaching, Sarah Cordelia, 
daughter of Leonard and Phebe T. (Hathaway) Brightman, 
ae. 23, born in Fall River, and a teacher there. She died at 
Fall River, Nov. i, 1862. 

Child: 

William,' b. Jan. 22, 1855 ; d. of yellow fever at New Orleans, 
La., May 26, 1878. 

584 

Walton Grenough * (Joseph,'' Amos'' Nathan,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Princeton, June 25, 1838; 
married at Gardner, Nov. 13, i860, Sarah C, daughter of 
George and Kcziah Evans, lx)rn in Winchcndon in 1837. 

He is a farmer in Winchendon. 

Children : 

i. William W.,' b. Feb. 1, 1865; d. next day. 

ii. Henry W., b. May 13, 1874. 

iii. Edwin Mills, b. April 29, 1876. 

iv. Charles Nelson, b. Jan. 29, 1879. 

V. Alice Calista, b. July 30, i88i. 



685 

GuSTAVUS * (Marshall,'' Amos,*" Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Princeton, Oct. 4, 1830; married 
first, April 6, 1 851, Fidelia M. Gregory. She died at Hopkinton, 



294 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

la., March 28, 1858. He married second, there, Oct. 16, i860, 
Mrs. Emily Somes, born Aug. 19, 1832. He resided at Gardner ; 
business, chairmaker. Removed to Hopkinton, la. 

Children : 

i. Clara Maria,' b. Feb. 8, 1852. 

ii. Mary S., b. May 10, 1855. 

iii. Lyman M., b. March 14, 1858. 

iv. Fred. E., b. Sept. 30, 1863; d. Sept. 23, 1865. 

V. Lewis Porter, b. July 30, 1868. 

586 

Joseph ^ (Marshall,'' Amos^ Nathan,^ Joseph,'* John,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in Princeton, Dec. 6, 1833; went to 
California in its early days. Came home on a visit, and married 
in Leominster, Sept. 30, 1863, Mirinda, daughter of Jacob 
and Hannah Rugg, born in 1841. 

587 

Henry Clay * {Marshall,'' Amos,^ Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,^ 
Joseph," William'), born at Princeton, Dec. 18, 1838; married 
March 16, 1865, in Hopkinton, la., where he had made his 
home, Anna E. Finley, born Feb. 22, 1843. 

He has been a lumber merchant (firm of Kirkwood and 
Merriam). 

Children : 

i. Frank F.," b. Dec. 22, 1865. 

ii. Robert M., b. July 13, 1867. 

iii. Edith L., b. Dec. 19, 1869. 

iv. Susan M., b. Aug. 14, 1872. 

V. Jennie B., b. July 19, 1874; d. Oct. 31, 1877. 

vi. Azella, b. Feb. 23, 1876. 

vii. Henry Clay, Jr., b. March 2, 1878. 

viii. Minnie M., b. March 8, 1880. 

588 

Charles Edward* {Marshall,'' Amos,^ Nathan,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,'' William'), born at Princeton, Jan. 22, 1845; 
married April 15, 1868, Margaret Campbell Kirkwood, born 
at Philadelphia, Pa., April 3, 1840. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 295 

He has been a merchant, postmaster, president of the School 
Board at Hopkinton, la. 

Children : 
1017. i. John Campbell," b. Oct. 20, 1869. 
ioi8. ii. Charles Edward, b. Nov. 15, 1874. 
iii. Susan Agnes, b. Sept. 4, 1876. 

589 

Ephraim Carlos * {Marshall,'' Ephraim,^ Nathan,^ Joseph* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 9, 
1838 ; married March 2, 1864, Helen Wirt White, of Marlboro, 
Md. 

He fitted for college at Merrimack and New Ipswich, N. H., 
and took parts of the course at Amherst and Dartmouth Col- 
leges; left the latter in 1861 on account of ill health. Studied 
medicine and graduated at Dartmouth Medical School in 1864. 
Was medical cadet in United States army in 1862 at Columbian 
Hospital, Washington, D. C. ; commissioned surgeon of 40th 
Mass. Vol. Inf., May 6, 1864; was in the field in some severe 
battles, Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, and 
Petersburg. A.ssistant surgeon at the United States army 
Hospital in Washington until 1866. Afterward resided there 
in general practice. He died Nov. 27, 1895. 

Children : 

i. Matthias Marshall," b. Aug. 3, d. Nov. 29, 1865. 

1021. ii. .\rthur Carlos, b. July 27, 1866. 

iii. Ariadne Wirt, b. Nov. 28, 1868; m. Oct. 4, 1892, John David 
Ogden, of Washington, D. C. 
Child: 

Marian Elizabeth Ogden, b. Aug. 20, 1893. 
iv. Helen Florence, b. Nov. 7, 1870; d. April 13, 1874. 
V. Clara Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1872; m. Oct. 2, 1901, Dr. Thomas 
Linville, of Winston-Salem, N. C; res. Washington, D. C. 
Children : 

i ^ Miriam Adelaide Linvil le, h July ti , Tf>n-> , 
f^ Thomas Merriam Linville, b. March 3, 1904.^ 
vi. Lucy Rebecca, b. JNov. 20, 1875. ~ ' -^ 

vii. Annette Rose, b. Jan. 4, 1877; d. July i, 1878. 

1022. viii. Edgar Nathan, b. Aug. 10, 1878. 
ix. Allie Francis, b. Dec. 22, 1880. 

X. Ephraim Gilbert, b. Aug. 27, 1882; d. Oct. 16, 1898. 
xi. Helen Wirt, b. Feb. 27, 1885. 



296 MEREIAM GENEALOGY 

590 

Marshall * {Marshall,'' Ephraim^ Nathan,^ Joseph* John,' 
Joseph,'' William'), born May 27, 1848; married at Nashua, 
N. H., Dec. 15, 1881, Matilda, daughter of Col. Charles Pinck- 
ney Gage. 

He is cashier and paymaster of the Pepperell Mill of the 
Champion-International Company, manufacturers of pulp and 
paper. 



I 



Children : 



T,,J ^ ° ' f b. at Somerville, Sept. 26, 1882. 

Elba Gage, > ' f > 



1. 

ii. iilba (jage, 

iii. Matilda Adelaide, b. at Auburndale, Dec. 31, 1883. 



591 

Nathan * {Marshall,'' Ephraim,^ Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,' 
Joseph,^ William'), horn at Merrimack, N. H., Nov. 24, 1849; 
married at North Bend, Neb., Nov. 15, 1875, Alice Theodora, 
daughter of Nathaniel Hewett and Elsie Ann (Dawson) Gale, 
born May 15, 1855. 

He fitted for college at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H. ; 
took one year at Dartmouth (1868-9), t>ut was obliged to leave 
on account of ill health. Was a druggist's clerk at Washington, 
D. C, and Boston, Mass. ; went into the produce business in 
Chicago, 111., in 1871; in grain trade at North Bend, Neb., 
1873-6; then went to Omaha, Neb. There he formed a part- 
nership with P. C. Himebaugh and built a terminal elevator, 
building a line of forty-five country elevators as feeders. He 
sold in 1893, and resided in Chicago, 111., two years, being a 
member of the Board of Trade and an exporter of grain. Re- 
turning to Omaha, Neb., he resumed the grain business, buying 
one, and building another elevator. 

Is president of the Merriam and Holmcjuist Company; 
a director in the Grain Exchange, which he helped to establish. 
He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church. 

Children : 

i. Mildred Elsie," b. June 5, 1883. 
ii. Nathalie, b. Dec. 24, 1886. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 297 

592 

John * (Marshall,^ Ephraim^ Nathan,^ Joseph* John, 
Joseph' William '), born at Merrimack, N. H., April 14, 1855; 
gracl. Dartmouth College, 1877 ; Andover Theological Seminary, 
1880; ordained May 19, 1881 ; pastor Presbyterian church 
at North Platte, Neb. ; Congregational church, New Hampton, 
la., 188 1 ; took a year of post-graduate work at Union Theologi- 
cal Seminary, New York; Congregational church, Harford, 
Pa., 1882. Later, pastor at Port Dickinson, Broome County, 
New York. 

He married in Brooklyn, Pa., Nov. 29, 1887, Ellen Gertrude, 
daughter of Rev. Jacob and Gertrude (Nevins) Best, who 
were long missionaries at the Gaboon station in West Africa 
under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of the United 
States. Mr. Best was the first to reduce the local language 
to writing. Ellen Gertrude was born at Waymart, Pa., Oct. 
17, 1864. 

Children : 

i. Charles Leighton,' b. Sept. 11, 1888; d. March 26, 1904. 

ii. Arthur Marshall, b. Aug. 22, 1892. 

iii. John Phjward, b. Nov. 8, 1894. 

iv. Joseph Lawrence, b. Nov. 11, 1896. 

V. Gertrude Best, b. April 7, 1899. 

vi. Alfred Halsey, b. March 20, 1901. 

vii. Margaret Frances, b. April 16, 1905. 

594 

Joseph Francis * {{Marshall,'' Ephraim," .Wathan,'^ Joseph,* 
John,' Joseph,' Willi-am'), born at Reed's Ferry, N. H., Dec. 
23, 1859; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1881, LL. B. 
at Colum])ia College, 1885; entered upon the practice of law 
in New York City. 

595 

JosiAH CoLBURN " {Oliver,^ Josiah,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,* 
John,' Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, Feb. 27, 1818; 
married at Tyngsborough, Jan. 20, 1844, Sarah C, daughter 
of Noah and Sarah Davis, born in West Roxbury in 1822. 
She died July 31, 1880. 

He learned the trade of blacksmith; made his home at 
Chelmsford. 



298 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

596 

Darius Gregory ^ (Darius,'' Josiah,^ Josiah,^ Joseph* 
John,^ Joseph,^ William^), born in Lowell, April ii, 1822; 
married Nov. 5, 1843, Eliza Elvira Hawley, born in Eaton, Ct. 

He resided at Chelmsford. He died Sept. 13, 1863, as. 41 
years, 5 months, 3 days. Administration of his estate granted 
Oct. 13 following to the widow. After the death of their 
grandfather, in 1875, the daughters brought suit to prevent 
the admission of an alleged will of Darius. [Mdx. Prob.] 

Children : 

i. Lydia Grace,' b. July 31, 1845. 
ii. Neheraiah Flint, b. Jan. 28, 1848; d. Nov. 26, 1854. 
iii. Amelia A., b. April 28, 1853; d. early. 

iv. Edith Estella, b. April 6, 1856; m. at Lynn, Sept. i, 1875. 
Louis A. Wyman, b. in Lowell, res. in Boston. 

597 

JosiAH Henry ** {Darius,'' Josiah^ Josiah,^ Joseph,^ John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Lowell; married in Concord 
April 27, 1864, Frances E., daughter of Benjamin and Mary 
A. Guild, born in Lowell. 

598 

William Huffman * {Ira,' Josiah^ Josiah,^ Joseph,'* John,^ 
Joseph,'' William'), born in Dayton, O., May 10, 1841 ; mar- 
ried at West Milton, O., June 26, 1866, Maggie Green. 

He hved on a farm near Toledo, O., for 17 years; enlisted 
Sept. 16, 1861, in the ist Battalion, i8th U. S. Infantry, and 
served till honorable discharge Sept. 16, 1864. His regiment 
was in the 14th Army Corps, Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, and 
participated in engagements at Nashville, Murfreesboro, 
Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mt., Corinth, and other eventful 
battles. Removed to Urbana, O., in 1887, where he is in real 
estate business. 

Children : 

i. Lydia H.« 

ii. Clementine. 

iii. Eleanor A. 

iv. William S., b. May 10, 1876; d. March 18, 1881. 

V. Frank C, b. Jan. 28, d. Aug. 20, 1875. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 299 

600 

Joseph Albert ** {Joseph,'' Timothy^ Josiah,^ Joseph* 
John,^ Joseph,'' William'), born in Framingham, Oct. 19, 
1840; married Sept. 14, 1892, Maude B., daughter of Thomas 
A. and Ohve (Walker) Knowlton, 26 years of age, born in 
Rockport. 

He has resided at Framingham on the old place. He served 
in the 44th Mass. Vol. Infantry in the Civil War. 

Children : 

i. Alice Thayer,' b. June 14, 1893. 
ii. Olive, b. Sept. 15, 1896. 

602 

Galen * {Galen,'' Timothy^ Josiah,^ Joseph,* John,^ Jo- 
seph,' William') born in Boston Feb. 10, 1831; married 
Mary A., born in Braintree. 

He was a leather dealer in Boston. 

He died Oct. 19, 1892. 

Child : 

1045. Walter Galen, b. March 5, 1875. 

603 

Daniel Baxter * {Galen,'' Timothy,^ Josiah,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, Aug. 27, 1837; 
married at Wrentham, June 5, i860, Adelaide Louise, daughter 
of Jacil K. and Sarah Grant, of W. He was then residing 
at Aurora, N. Y. Later he removed to Little Rock, Ark. 

Children : 

i. Adelaide L.,' b. in Wrentham, Jan. 19, 1863. 

ii. Frank Baxter, b. Sept. 19, 1864. 

iii. George Swift, b. Aug. 10, 1868. 

iv. Edward Kendrick, b. Jan. 13, 1871. 

601 

Charles * {Charles,'' Joseph," Josiah,^ Joseph,* John,^ Jo- 
seph,' William'), born in Weston, Oct. 6, 1832; married in 
Framingham, May 24, 1856, Helen, daughter of Henry 
Jaques, born in Charlestown. 



300 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He engaged in mercantile pursuits some years; has been 
more recently treasurer of several large railroad corporations, 
residing in Boston. 

Children : 

i. Helen Bradford, b. April 25, 1857; d. April 27, 1873. 
ii. Waldo, b. Sept. 4, 1865 ; d. in infancy. 



605 

Herbert * (Charles,'' Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, April 21, 1841 ; married 
Oct. 6, 1870, Fannie, daughter of Joseph Prince and Ellen 
Maria Hawes, born Nov. 6, 1849. 

He was a non-commissioned officer of Co. H, 44th Mass. 
Vol. Inf., in the War of the Rebellion. 

He has resided at Weston many years, having a large stock 
farm. 

Children : 

1046. i. Charles, 2d,' b. at Milton, Aug. 3, 1871. 

ii. Fanny Hawes, b. at Weston, July 6, 1873 ; d. March 6, 1878. 

iii. Herbert, b. Feb. 4, 1875; d. May 20, 1881. 

iv. Jessie, b. May 29, 1876; m. May 6, 1903, Edward Henry 

Fay, of Wellesley Hills, b. Sept. 13, 1876. 

V. Caroline Ware, b. Dec. 31, 1877. 

vi. Josephine Hawes, b. Dec. 6, 1879; d. June 20, 1882. 



606 

Arthur Ware * (Charles,'' Joseph,^ Josiah,^ Joseph,'* John,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born May 19, 1844; married Feb. 27, 
1873, Augusta, daughter of Lucien and Celia (Holmes) Skinner, 
born in Boston, March 11, 1846. 

Graduated at Harvard University, A. B., 1864; A.M., 
1868. 

He died Oct. 11, 1878. 



Children : 



Elinor Ware,« b. July 8, 1874; m. at Milton, Oct. 12, 1898, 
Alexander Haven Ladd, of Milton, b. July 28, 1874; Harv. 
Univ., A. B., 1897; removed to Framingham. 



EIGHTH GENERATION 301 

Children : 

1. Miriam Ladd, b. Jan. 19, igoo. 

2. Alexander Haven Ladd, Jr., b. July 31, igoi. 

3. Robert Watson Ladd, b. Dec. 20, 1903. 
Arthur Ware, Jr., b. Oct. 8, 1877. 



607 

Frank * (Charles,'' Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,* John,^ Jo- 
seph," William'), torn Nov. 6, 1850; married Sept. 19, 1877, 
Teresa Beatrice Lovering, born July 18, 1854. 

He graduated at Harvard University in the class of 187 1. 

Resides in Boston and at Nahant. 



Children : 



Mar)- Levering,' b. July 20, 1878. 
Teresa Lovering, b. May 11, 1880. 



608 



John Clark * {Joseph,'' Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,' John,^ 
Joseph," William'), born in Le.xington, Nov. 14, 1829; mar- 
ried first, Nov. 14, 1854, Lydia A. F. Pike, of Providence, 
R. I. ; married second, Feb. 24, 1872, Mary, daughter of 
Thomas and Ehzabeth Tittle, of Philadelphia, Pa. 

He was educated in Paris; fitted for college at Columbia 
College Grammar School; graduated at College Bourbon in 
1847, as mechanical engineer. Was with the Amoskeag Manu- 
facturing Co., of Manchester, N. H., building engines. Editor 
of Granite State Farmer at one time; of the American En- 
gineer, 1858-1860. Was first lieutenant and (juartermaster 
in the 53d N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, Septemtor, 1861; later 
engineer-in-chicf of the Department of North Carolina, and 
afterward in Gen. Banks's command in Texas, till about the 
close of the war. He was in 1868 superintendent of Metallic 
Art Works in Boston. Spent from 1873 to 1880 in Italy. 

Child : 

Florence Clark,' b. Aug. 15, 1855. 



302 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

609 

Joseph* (Adolphtis,' Joseph,'' Josiah,' Joseph,' John,' 
Joseph,' William'), born in Southbridge, Jan. 17, 1855; mar- 
ried at Southborough, April 30, 1878, Abbie Frances, eldest 
daughter of Hubbard and Lydia (Sargent) Willson, born in 
Lowell. 

After a training in Framingham public schools and Dean 
Academy, he spent a year in Colorado, hunting, prospecting 
and mining. Was seven years with the Cordaville Woolen 
Co. After a brief experience in another business he went in 
1882 to take charge of the Rockfall Woolen Company's busi- 
ness at Middletown, Ct., where he still remains. Is also con- 
nected with other manufacturing companies. 

Children : 

i. Robert Willson,'' b. in Cordaville, Dec. 14, 1879; grad. Worces- 
ter Polytechnic Institute in igoi. 

ii. Helen Lydia, b. in Middletown, Ct., Oct. 11, 1885; edu- 
cated at Middletown schools and Lasell Seminary, Auburn- 
dale; m. June 19, 1906, Minn Suvdam Cornell, of Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 

iii. Alice Caroline, b. March 22, 1888; from Middletown schools 
went to Smith College (class of 1908). 



610 

Bernard Francis * (Adolphus,' Joseph,'^ Josiah,' Joseph,'* 
John,' Joseph,' William'), born at Southbridge, Oct. 18, 
1857 ; married May 10, 1887, Lillie Gordon, daughter of Will- 
iam Deming and Abigail Ely (Woods) Fuller, of Ellenville, 
N. Y., born Dec. 26, 1865. 

He was educated in the grammar and high schools of Fra- 
mingham ; went froin the latter at once to a position in Geo. P. 
Metcalf & Co.'s hat factory, and a year later became book- 
keeper for Friedman Brothers, of Boston, boot and shoe jobbers. 
On the death of his father in 1888 he succeeded him as treas- 
urer of the Cordaville Woolen Co., and is still in that position. 
He is also treasurer of the Framingham Bo.x Co., president of 
the Manson Building Co., and one of the directors of the Na- 
tional Bank, also of Framingham ; has been chairman of the 
board of selectmen. Resides in South Framingham. 



KINTH GENERATION 303 

Children : 

i. Bernard Adolphus,' b. June 3, 1888. 

ii. Carrol Fuller, b. Feb. 25, 1892. 

iii. Virginia Palmer, b. March 20, 1901. 

611 

John McKinstry * (Adolphus,^ Joseph,^ Josiah,^ Joseph,* 
John,' Joseph,' William '), born in Southbridge, Sept. 20, 
1862; married Feb. 4, 1888, Annie, daughter of Nathan and 
Hepsie (Whipple) Chapman, torn at Hopedale, April 24, 
1867. He was graduated from Harvard University in the 
class of 1886, and received the degree of A.M. in 1888. 
Hon. George F. Hoar, LL.D., U. S. Senator, selected 
him for private secretary, which position he filled ac- 
ceptably. He studied law and is in practice in Boston, 
residing at South Framingham. Has served on important 
commissions and boards in Massachusetts, and filled offices 
of trust in the town of Framingham. Has done most disin- 
terested and capable work as secretary and treasurer of the 
committee for the preparation and i)ublication of this gene 
alogy. 

Children : 

i. Paul Adams," b. Jan. 10, 1889. 

ii. Emily, b. May 5, 1891. 

iii. Constance Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1892. 

iv. Joseph Chapman, b. Sept. 20, 1894. 

V. Caroline McKinstry, b. Oct. 4, 1898. 



NINTH GENERATION 



615 



Edmond » (Daniel,^ Edmond,' Benjamin,'' Ebenezer,^ Joseph,* 
William,' Joseph,' William ') spent his early life, at least, at 
Grand Isle, Vt. Married Fanny White. 

Child: 

Maria," m. D. J. Whittemore, who resided at Milwaukee, Wis. 



304 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

616 

George ' (Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,^ Ehenezer,^ Joseph* 
William,^ Joseph,^ William '), born at Worcester, Jan. 19, 
1803, was the oldest son of Dan and Thirza (Clapp). He 
married first, May, 1828, Abigail Willis, daughter of Benjamin 
and Hannah (Allen) Little, born in New Braintree, May 6, 
1808; died Jan. 31, 1841. He married second, March 31, 
1842, Mrs. Abby (Fiske) Spring, daughter of Rev. John and 
Elizabeth (Mellen) Fiske, and widow of George Spring. She 
was born Feb. 28, 181 2, and died Oct. 14, 1875. After a boy- 
hood of school and farm work, at the age of fifteen, he entered 
the printing-office of his father and uncle Ebenezer, as an 
apprentice. Five years later the death of his father threw upon 
him a heavy responsibility for his mother and seven younger 
children. In 1831 he began the book-selling business with his 
brother Charles in Springfield as G. %l C. Merriam, and assidu- 
ous application brought growing success. They made a series 
of school readers, "The Child's Guide," "The Village Reader," 
etc. In 1847 the firm acquired the plates and copyright of 
Noah Webster's large dictionary. Later they bought his Speller 
and the dictionary Abridgments: and thenceforth they de- 
voted themselves mainly to the Webster series, especially the 
"Unabridged," which, under their energetic pushing and a 
succession of scholarly revisions, acquired an unrivalled posi- 
tion among its class. A third brother. Homer, was added to 
the firm, and its prosperity was uninterrupted. George Mer- 
riam died at Springfield, June 22, 1880. 

He was a man of active, wiry, and somewhat delicate physique, over- 
tasked by hard work in early life. Mentally, he was alert, rapid, and 
direct; unspeculative, but going straight to the heart of practical matters; 
in business energetic, shrewd, with a high standard of honor, and a great 
faculty of " getting there." He had a union of simplicity with mother 
wit and unconscious humor, which gave a zest to his conversation. He 
had an active conscience, quick sensibility, and warm affection ; a simple, 
unquestioning religious faith; and an innate and cultivated instinct for 
helpfulness in every direction. His chief enjoyment of his wealth — con- 
siderable, by the modest standards of his time — was in giving it away. 
Several of the benevolent societies, especially those of the Congregational 
body, were his habitual beneficiaries; and large contributions into their 
treasuries often came from the three brothers, under the name of " Un- 
abridged." He assisted many young men in their education. He was 
prompt and liberal in responding to private appeals, and active and fer- 



NINTH GENERATION 305 

tile in devising unasked kindnesses. Not unskilful with his pen, he did 
considerable journalistic work by proxy, paying some writer to advocate 
a good cause in the press. He was fond of printing and distributing cards 
and hand-bills with some pithy legend or maxim, his especial favorite 
being the " worthy Quaker," who, as he " went through life but once, 
and would not pass this way again," made it his habit as to any kind deed 
to " do it now." A constitutional shyness combined with absorption in 
business and strong domestic tastes to keep him out of public affairs, and 
the heart of his life was in his home. 

His first family was shattered by rapid bereavements; within a few 
years wife and four sons passed away. 

To his second family was given a long period of united happiness. Nine 
children and stepchildren (all as brothers and sisters alike) grew up 
harmoniously under the devoted care of the father and the genial love of 
the mother. He was especially resourceful in devising occupation and 
amusements for his children. It was a household of large hospitality, 
often the resort of ministers, missionaries, and other good workers; and 
one guest playfully named it " The Saints' Rest." The death of the wife 
and mother live years before his own brought a heavy shadow, which 
was beautifully lightened as from his own loneliness he turned to an even 
more active and fruitful helpfulness. The long hours of morning wake- 
fulness, — specially irk.some to so active a temperament, — were spent 
in devising kindnesses which the daylight hours were hardly long enough 
to fulfil. His always gentle and blameless nature took on a new beauty 
of self-forgetting devotion. He met the close of the earthly scene as peace- 
fully as a child lies down to sleep. When the end came, the Springfield 
Republican spoke of him as " a citizen universally known and beloved, 
and our chief apostle of benevolence." 

Children : 

i. George Dan.,'° b. in June, 1829; d. Feb. 7, 1832. 

ii. John Fiske, b. in Aug., 1830; d. June 26, 1836. 

iii. Charles Edward, b. in Nov., 1831; d. March 24, 1836. 

iv. Hannah Little, b. Jan. 22, 1835; m. Dec. 27, 1859, Lucius 
Duncan Olmstead (son of Prof. Denison Olmstead, 
then of Chapel Hill College, afterward of Yale College, 
and his wife, Eliza AUyn), born at Chapel Hill, N. C, 
June 24, 1827. He spent his youth in New Haven and 
Hartford, Ct., but in early manhood removed to Chicago, 
111. He was agent for Illinois of some of the strongest fire 
and life insurance companies; was one of the founders of 
the New England Cong. Church of Chicago, the first 
treasurer of the Congregational Theological Seminary of 
that city, and a strong friend and helper of both institu- 
tions. He was a public-spirited citizen and a successful 
business man. His death, March 15, 1862, at the early 
age of thirty-four years, brought serious loss upon business 
and religious associates as well as upon his family. Mrs. 
Olmstead resides at Hartford, Ct. 



306 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

V. Henry Martyn, b. in Sept., 1838; d. April 4, 1839. 

1060. vi. George Spring, b. Jan. 13, 1843. 

1061. vii. James Fiske, b. May 2, 1845. 

viii. Edward Fiske, b. May 5, 1847; graduated at Yale Univer- 
sity in 1870. He engaged with the publishing house of 
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. for awhile; afterward entered 
into his father's business. Was also editor and publisher, 
1877-81, first in conjunction with Rev. Washington Glad- 
den, then alone, of a monthly magazine, originally named 
Sunday Ajternoon, and afterward Good Company. This 
magazine had a unique character, in its felicitous blending 
of religious and secular topics, and a high standard of merit. 
It was characteristic of him that when its publication ceased 
he returned to every subscriber the amount due for his un- 
expired subscription. His strong character and fine mind 
were handicapped by physical delicacy; and the latter 
years of his life were passed as a philosophic and cheerful 
looker-on, watching the tides of humanity. He died Aug. 
26, 1896. 

i.\. Susan Raymond, b. April j, 1849; m. Nov. 8, 1871, John 
Raymond Howard, son of John Tasker and Susan (Ray- 
mond) Howard. 

.\. Abigail Little, b. June 6, 185 1; d. March 4, 1874. 

xi. Celia Campbell, b. June 27, 1855. Resides in Springfield. 



617 

Charles ' {Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Joseph," 
William,^ Joseph' William'), born at West Brookfield, Nov. 
21, 1806 ; married first, Aug. 11, 1835, Sophia Eleanor, daughter 
of Solomon and Eleanor Wariner, born at Springfield, June 
14, 1808; died April 26, 1858. He married second. May 8, 
i860, at Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Rachel White Capen, widow of 
Dr. Gray, born April 5, 1824; died Aug. 27, 1899. 

Charles Merriam's career was closely associated with that 
of his brother George, and the account given above largely 
pertains to the younger as well as the older partner in the now 
so widely known firm of G. & C. Merriam. Each had his de- 
partment of the work, both joined in counsel, and so the vast 
dictionary and lesser publications were compiled and cor- 
rected, and their circulation deserved and secured. In the 
revision of the dictionary in 1864 Charles read all the proojs, 
seriously impairing his health by the close application necessary 
to such a work. After forty-five years of active connection 
with the firm, he retired in 1877. He united with the church 



NINTH GENERATION 307 

at the age of twenty-two ; when in Boston was a member of 
the Bowdoin Street Congregational Church ; going to Spring- 
field, he took a letter to the First Church, and on the formation 
of the South Church went into that ; always helping according 
to his growing financial ability, and active in personal labors; 
had a large Bible class for young men in Springfield for years. 

He was exceedingly benevolent, daily charitable, and be- 
stowing large gifts at times to deserving causes. To the Spring- 
field Puljlic Library he gave thousands of dollars; to his native 
town he not only gave funds for the purchase of books, but a 
beautiful building, complete for the purposes of a library, a 
total donation of above $20,000 in money, and many books. 

He was public-spirited, planning and helping on whatever 
would improve the town and schools and churches. He was 
greatly Ijeloved and honored. 

He died July 9, 1887. 

Children : 

i. William Warriner,'° b. Feb. 12, 1837; grad. Williams Coll., 
1861; A. M., Madison Univ.; became a teacher and min- 
ister; d. unm. Jan. 30, 1889. 

ii. Eleanor Sophia, b. Sept. 4, 1839; m. Sept. 7, 1870, Col. Sam- 
uel Woods, United States army; she d. Jan. 23, 1906. 

iii. Harriet Newell, b. May 30, 1842; m. (i) Oct. 23, 1861, Will- 
iam Kirkham, son of William and Sophia (Leffingwell) 
Kirkham, b. at Newington, Ct., Sept. 13, 1831; he was 
a jeweller in Springfield; a man of exceptional intelligence 
and force of character; attained marked success in his brief 
business career, formed strong personal attachments; he 
d. March 9, 1871. She m. (2) Jan. 29, 1877, Charles David 
Hosley, b. at Dummerston, Vt., Oct. 11, 1849, a jeweller; 
res. Springfield. 

Children : 

1. Charles Merriam Kirkham, b. Nov. 10, 1862; d. June 

13, 1902. 

2. Guy Kirkham, b. Nov. 14, 1864; an architect in Spring- 

field. 

3. Philip Leffingwell Kirkham, b. July, 1866; d. April 14, 1868. 

4. Walter Alexis Hosley, b. July 17, 1878. 

iv. Elizabeth Warriner, b. July 9, 1844; d. April 12, 1906. 
v. Charles Lewis, b. Aug. 4, 1847 ; d. Aug. 8, 1848. 
vi. Ruth White, b. May 25, 1862; m. Feb. 24, 1885, William 
Carrington Lawton. 



308 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

1. Rachel Merriam Lawton, b. Dec. 25, 1885. 

2. Ruth White Lawton, b. June 19, 1887. 

3. Sanford Lawton, b. March 20, 1893. 

4. Harriet Ford Lawton, b. May 16, 1895. 

618 

William ' {Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Joseph,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William^), born at West Brookfield, Jan. 
15, 1809; married at Troy, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1843, Mary Ann, 
daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Weeks, born at Claren- 
don, Vt., Sept. 6, 1821. 

He was a printer and bookbinder, excelling especially in the 
latter trade. Was in partnership with his brother Homer at 
Greenfield and Troy, N. Y., till 185 1, when he left the busi- 
ness and settled on a farm in Greenfield, a mile from town, 
where he lived till 1864, when he sold and removed to the vil- 
lage. He developed a serious spinal disease; removed to 
Whately, and there died after much suffering, March 20, 1867. 
His widow died at Springfield, July 2, 1867. 

(>19 

Lewis '^ {Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin!' Ebenezer,^ Joseph,* 
William,^ Joseph,'' William '), born at West Brookfield, May 
7, 181 1 ; married first, Sept. 9, 1834, Lucy Bardwell, daughter 
of Pliny and Laurana (Bardwell) Alvord, born in Montague, 
June 16, 1813, died July 22, 1875. He married second, Feb. 
12, 1879, Harriette Electa, daughter of Homer and Mary 

Pelton, and widow, successively, of Bronson and 

Hollister. 

He followed the trade of the family in the Merriam printing- 
office at West Brookfield, founded by his father and uncle, 
and continued by his uncle and the brothers after their father's 
death, in which he became a partner. He removed to Greenfield 
in 1841, where he continued the printing and bookselling busi- 
ness. "He took an interest in everything which he thought 
would make the town better and more desirable as a home." 
[Hist. Greenfield.] For fifty years he was a prominent citizen, 
highly respected ; holding public offices of trust ; county treas- 
urer; postmaster for twenty-one years; an active member of 
the Second Congregational Church. 



NINTH GENERATION 309 

" Impelled by a strength of principle and zeal in his Master's cause, 
his labors (for the good of others) were unceasing. Sometimes criticized 
for his fearless and aggressive opposition to evil, yet the love of Christ 
constrained him. Thousands of leaflets on temperance, Sabbath-keep- 
ing, obedience to the Ten Commandments, and other matters he printed 
and circulated. No one could be long in his company without hearing 
' the language of the King ' whom he faithfully ser\'ed, talking with men 
in all stations of life on the subject nearest his heart." [S. E. B., quoted 
by R. N. M.] 

He died March 12, 1892. 

Children : 

i. Edwin Alvord,'° b. Feb. 7, 1837; d. Aug. 26, 1838. 

1062. ii. Edwin Dwight, b. Feb. 19, 1839. 

iii. Lucv Alvord, 1. -.r . n 

T - „ 1 11 c b. March w, 1841. 
IV. Laura liardwell, ) o > t 

Lucy Alvord, m. Oct. 8, 1861, Charles Witmer, son of John 

and Juliana (Witmer) Russell, b. Nov. 20, 1836; he d. in 

New York City, March 24, 1903; she d. in Litchfield, 

Ct., Aug. 16, 1879. 

Children : 

1. Laura Merriam Russell, b. at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14, 

1863; m. Sept. 21, 1886, at Far Rockaway, N. Y., Arthur 
Duncan, son of James and Mary (McElroy) Moir. 

Children : 

(i) Jean Moir, b. Oct. 16, 1889. 

(2) Arthur Duncan Moir, Jr., h. Feb. 6, 1895. 

(3) William Wilmerding Moir, b. Sept. 22, 1901. 

2. Anna Witmer Russell, b. Nov. 30, 1864. 

3. John Burg Russell, b. Feb. 19, 1867; m. at Richmond 

Hill, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1897, Evclien Trowbridge, dau. 
of Cornelius Van Schellwyne and Evelien (Dayton) Kane. 

Children : 

(i) John Edwards Russell Kane, b. Aug. 10, 1901. 

(2) Theodore Burg Russell Kane, b. Sept. 23, 1903. 

4. Lucy Edwards Russell, b. Sept. 24, 1869; m. Oct. 28, 1891, 

Alrick Hubbcll, son of Abon Piatt and Mary Elizabeth 
(Hubbell) Man, Richmond Hill, N. Y. 

Children : 

(i) Alrick Hubbell Man, Jr., b. Aug. 25, 1892. 

(2) Mary Elizabeth Man, b. Oct. 11, 1893. 

(3) James Nelson Man, b. Aug. 22, 1899. 

5. George Dennison Russell, b. Nov. 25, 1873; m. Jan. 4, 

1905, Estella, dau. of Reuben and Jeanetta (Crowley) 
Sotolingo. 



310 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

iv. Laura Bardwell, b. March 30, 1841 (twin with LucyAlvord); 
m. July 29, 1869, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, to Charles 
Samuel, son of Dr. Eleazer and Sarah (Foster) Grain, b. 
at Springfield, Vt., Feb. i, 1835; d. at Newtonville, July 
20, 1893. 

Children : 

1. Arthur Merriam Crain, b. at So. Framingham, July 15, 

1870; m. at Chicago, 111., Oct. 3, 1894, Josephine, dau. 
of Dr. Charles Rudolph Edward and Sylvia King (Adams) 
Koch, b. in Chicago, III., Dec. 17, 1870. 

Child: 

Charles Koch Crain, b. at Newton, March 21, 1896; d. 
Aug. 23, 1905. 

2. Lucy Bardwell Crain, b. at Newton, Nov. 8, 1873. 

3. Florence Louise Crain, b. May 10, 1875. 

4. Lina Mattison Crain, b. Jan. 10, 1879. 

v. Florence, b. Nov. 26, 1844; m. Sept. i, 1869, Charles Lewis 
Raymond, son of Hon. Z. L. Raymond, former mayor of 
Cambridge. Res. Chicago, III. 

Children : 

« I. Jessie Alvord Raymond, b. Jan. 5, 1871; d. June 16, 1899. 

2. Edward Franklin Raymond, b. Aug. 4, 1872; grad. Yale 

Univ., 1894. 

3. Florence Raymond, b. Nov. 12, 1874; d. Jan. 13, 1875. 

4. Charles Merriam Raymond, b. Dec. 7, 1875. 

5. Abby Merriam Raymond, b. Aug. 19, 1877. 

6. Infant daughter, b. and d. Aug. 26, 1878. 

7. Philip Raymond, b. Oct. 12, 1879; d. July 23, 1880. 

8. John Dwight Raymond, I u tit 00 

9. Lewis Lee Raymond, ) ' J "' 

d. July 31, 1883. 

10. Lucy Emma Raymond, b. May 21, 1885. 

11. Ralph Raymond, b. July 4, 1886. 

vi. Charles, b. Nov. 21, 1846; d. May 28, 1864. 

vii. Abby Fiske, b. Jan. 7, 1855; m. June 12, 1878, Frederick 
Holme Wiggin, M. D., at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- 
lege, 1877. Res. New York City. 

Children : 

1. Frederick Holme Wiggin, Jr., b. March 16, 1882; grad. 

Yale Univ., 1904. 

2. Lucy Merriam Wiggin, b. Feb. 16, 1883; d. Jan. 31, 1887. 

3. Gerard Sumner Wiggin, b. Feb. 15, 1884; d. April 10, 1887. 

4. Charlotte Monroe Wiggin, b. May 21, 1886. 

5. Annie Wiggin, b. Oct. 6, 1887. 

6. Lewis Merriam Wiggin, b. Feb. 22, 1890. 



NINTH GENERATION 311 

620 

Homer ' (Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,'' Ebenezer,^ Joseph* 
William,^ Joseph,' William '), born in West Brookfield, Aug. 
27, 1813; married first, Aug. 2, 1838, Jane, daughter of Dr. 

Benjamin and Weeks, born at Clarendon, Vt., Jan. 10, 

1820, died at Springfiekf, May 6, 1868. He married second, 
Nov. II, 1869, Ellen Brown, daughter of Warham Lee and 
Elizabeth (Hunter) Fitch, born in Otis, Dec. 2, 1833, widow 
of Robert Hall Clisbe. * 

Homer Merriam served his apprenticeship in the printer's craft at West 
Brookfield until the firm dissolved in 183 1; completed his time with his 
brothers in Springfield. Was a wide reader. Attended public school at 
home in his boyhood, and had one term at Westfield Academy before com- 
pleting his apprenticeship. Remained as a journeyman with his brothers 
until October, 1834. His health being poor, he then sought its restoration 
in a journey to the West. Travelled to Baltimore, Wheeling, Cincin- 
nati, and Richmond, Ind.; but returned to Brookfield little improved. 
Had no definite disease, but very low pulse, — often but thirty beats 
a minute while able to do ordinary work, — much difficulty of digestion, 
and little enjoyment of life. He found the best medical adviser of all he 
consulted at Saratoga, N. Y., in the person of Dr. Benjamin Weeks, and 
later found a helpmeet in the doctor's daughter Jane. After resuming 
his work he found himself again subject to his malady or lack of health, 
and at last resorted to an Indian doctress of excellent reputation, who 
treated him with "roots and herbs," the homely fare of her house, and the 
air of the hillside (at Norwich, Mass.), and he gained decidedly in tone 
and vigor, so that he never lapsed back into the former condition. Yet 
he has always been rather below the average in physical force and enjoy- 
ment of health and strength, kept up in his large labors and cares by men- 
tal and spiritual force and wise management of his powers. 

In 1838 he and his brother William began the bookbinding and selling 
business at Greenfield, adding that of printing soon after. They pubKshed 
a small and attractive edition of the Bible along with other books. In 
1842 they removed to Troy, N. Y., selling out the Greenfield business 
to their brother Lewis and a partner of his. They carried on the same lines 
of business there, and added those of toy books and globe-making. They 
took into their firm in 1845 Ransom B. Moore. William retired from the 
business in 1852, and H. B. Nims became a partner. Mr. Homer Mer- 
riam sought relief from the increasing burdens of the business in buying 
and living on a farm at Bennington, Vt., an arrangement which had some 
advantages, but was given up after awhile. He was a member and an 
elder in the Si.xth Presbyterian Church of Troy. The life there was on 
the whole prosperous and happy. His brothers George and Charles de- 

• Mr. Clisbe was born at Amsterdam, N. Y., June 13, 1832, and died at Spring- 
field April 27, 1861; they were married March 25, 1857. 



312 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

sired him to come to Springfield and join with them in the publica- 
tion of Webster's Dictionary, in which they had been successful; and he 
removed thither in 1855, closing his connection with the Troy house. 
He made his home at Longmeadow, four miles from Springfield, for sev- 
eral years, then removed to the city. For almost half a century he remained 
at Springfield connected with the house. Became an equal partner with 
his brothers in 1876, and, when the company was incorporated, was elected 
president. Retained a species of supervision over the business, in connec- 
tion with the able executive committee, till he had passed his ninety-first 
milestone. In October, 1904, he and his wife went to Pasadena, Cal., 
" to grow up with the country," as he playfully remarked, making their 
home with their son and daughter and the grandchildren. A serene old 
age is his, not free from infirmities, but lighted by human and divine love 
and the remembrance of honest efforts to do life's part well, and of God's 
wise and gracious leading through all its experiences. The compiler has 
received remarkably interesting letters from the venerable man while 
gathering materials for the articles on this branch of the family; and has 
had access to most valuable memoranda written out by him at various 
times from 1862 to the present year (1906), for which he here records his 
gratitude. 

Children : 

i. Mary Annie,'° b. at Troy, N. Y., Feb. i, 1843; d. at Spring- 
field, Nov. 27, 1875. 

ii. Thirza Jane, b. at Troy, N. Y., June 4, 1845 \ "i- Dec. 2, 
1874, H. Curtis Rowley, son of Warren Dunham and Har- 
riet Maria (Curry) Rowley, b. at So. Trenton, N. Y., in 
1844; prepared for college at Whitestown Seminary, but 
entered the Federal army Aug. 20, 1864, in the 54th N. Y. 
National Guards, and served till the regiment's discharge 
in Nov., 1864. In 1865 he went into the book and engrav- 
ings business at Cincinnati, O. (firm of L. S. Currier & Co.); 
in 1867 he joined with his brother and an uncle and organized 
the firm of Curry, Rowley & Co., wholesale stationers and 
paper dealers, at Utica, N. Y. He removed to Springfield in 
1879, and entered the house of G. & C. Merriam & Co., be- 
coming a partner in 1882, and a very important factor in the 
business since that time, having been treasurer of the company 
some years. Has been an active member of Hope Congre- 
gational Church, and more recently of the South Church; 
also of the Young Men's Christian Association ; is a director 
of the PjTichon National Bank, and otherwise connected 
with the best interests of the city. The sons are also mem- 
bers of the South Church. 

Children : 

I. Harold Merriam Rowley, b. at Utica, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1879. 
Fitted for Yale College; delayed by ill health; has trav- 
elled a good deal. 



NINTH GENERATION 313 

2. Arthur Merriam Rowley, b. at Springfield, Aug. 3, 1883; 
student in Amherst College, 
iii. Charles Wadsworth, b. at Troy, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1847; after 
doing good elementary work in the public schools, he entered 
the printing office of the Springfield Republican at fourteen 
years of age, and worked faithfully for a year. He then 
became a pupil at the Easthampton Seminary, and did 
admirable work; was especially successful in declamation; 
made his mark on the school as a gentlemanly. Christian 
fellow. But he fell a prey to typhoid pneumonia ; came home 
and had the best of care, but died, to the great grief of all 
who knew him, Oct. 3, 1864. 

1064. iv. Henry Homer, ( 

V. Henriella Weeks, •< b. at Troy, N. Y., July 2, 1851. 
vi. Henrietta Spring, ( 

Of these Henry Homer has grown up and has children and 

grandchildren; Henriella Weeks d. Aug. 28, 185 1; and 

Henrietta Spring d. Aug. 6, 1852. 

1065. vii. Arthur Gardner, b. at Springfield, Dec. 24, 1859. 



621 

George May ' (George,^ Ehenezcr,'' Benjamin^ Ebenezer,^ 
Joseph,^ William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Worcester in 
1797; married Caroline Pamelia, daughter of Samuel Haven, 
Jr., of Shrewsbury, born July 10, 1802. She survived him and 
married second, George James Webb, of Boston, the cele- 
brated musical composer and teacher; removed to Orange, 
N. J., where she died in 1879. 

Mr. Merriam followed his father's business of bookbinding, 
printing, and bookselling. He died Oct. 6, 1826, x. 28, and 
was buried at Shrewsbury, as was also his (only) infant son. 



622 

Ebenezer Parsons ' {Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ Benjamin,^ Eben- 
ezer,^ Joseph,'* William,' Joseph,' William'), born in West 
Brookfield, Nov. 16, 1804; married Aug. 23, 1 831, Rachel F. 
Randall, of Worcester, born July 8, 1804; she died Sept. 9, 
1859, ae. 54. 

He was in business at one time with Moses Spooner, printer. 
He died at West Brookfield, April 25, 1881. 



314 MEREIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Sarah Caroline,'" b. Aug. 3, 1833; d. in infancy. 

ii. Sarah Hitchcock, b. in Elizabethtown, N. J., July 7, 1836; 

m. at Brookfield in 1853, Mr. Gault. She d. Sept. 3, 1854. 
iii. Antoinette, b. Feb. 24, 1834; d. at Brimfield, April g, 1894. 
iv. Ebenezer Randall, b. Feb. 13, 1841; d. at San Antonio, Tex., 

in United States army, April 16, i860. 
V. Harriette Kettell, b. Sept. 16, 1845; d. at West Winsted, Ct. 

(on a visit), Sept. 20, 1866. 



623 

C\'RUS ' {Samuel,^ Ichabod,'' Ichahod^ Ichabod,^ Wilham* 
William,^ Joseph,^ William'), married Annis Soule. She sur- 
vived him and married second, Perry Tillotson. 

Child : 

Dwight.'° 

624 

Seymour S.' {Samuel,^ Ichabod,'' Ichabod,'' Ichabod,^ Will- 
iam,'^ William,^ Joseph," William '), born at Smithville, N. Y., 
Oct. 24, 1820; married Jan. 27, 1856, Betsey Melissa Peck, 
who was born in Green, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1824, and died Sept. 10, 
1892. 

He died Aug. 16, 1899. 

Children : 

i. Albert B.,'° b. Nov. 25, 1856; res. at McDonough, N. Y. ; 

is a school-teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace. 
ii. De Ette, b. July 13, 1858. 

625 

Seeley « {Samuel,^ Ichabod,'' Ichabod,^ Ichabod,^ William,* 
William,^ Joseph,'' William'), born in Geneva, O. ; married 
Amelia Elizabeth Cowles. She died in July, 1861. He resided 
at Smithville and Auburn, N. Y. ; died Jan. 28, 1906. 

Child: 
1068. Evan B.,'° b. May 2, 1861. 



NINTH GENERATION 315 

62 G 

IcHABOD « {Samuel,^ Ichabod,^ Ichahodf' Ichahod,^ William* 
William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Geneva, N. Y., June 
17, 1833; married first, Feb. 17, 1868, Rowena Cline. She 
died Dec. i, 1872. He married second, Oct. 19, 1875, Lucinda, 
daughter of William Wheeler and widow of Byron C. Buckley, 
born Jan. 2, 1846. He was a builder and contractor. He died 
March 9, 1903. The widow resides at Lisle, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Nora,'° b. 1869; d. Nov. 15, 187 1. 
1069. ii. George B., b. April 13, 1872. 

iii. Burr Jay, b. Jan. 14, 1879; gr^^d. Oneonta Normal School, 
1898; took courses at Columbia Univ.; has taught public 
schools and been supt. of schools at Granville and adja- 
cent towns; goes now to similar position at Brookfield. 
Is an Odd Fellow and a Granger. 



629 

George Washington » {John Denton,^ Ichabod,'' Ichubod,^ 
Ichabod,^ William* William,^ Joseph' William'), born at 
Smithville, Chenango County, New York, March 23, 1824; 
married Oct. 12, 1854, Mamre Marie, daughter of Julius 
and Polly (Gaylord) Bowers, Ixarn at Geneva, O., Aug. 24, 
1824. A farmer. 

Children : 

i. Clarence Julius,'° b. 1858. 
ii. Jesse Burton, b. 1866. 

630 

John Denton « {John D.,^ Ichabod,'' Ichabod,'' Ichabod,' 
William,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), married Clara 
Huntoon. Was a photographer at Conneaut, O. ; enlisted 
in Capt. Carleton's battery; served in the Missouri cam- 
paign, and was discharged for disability. Removed to 
Omaha, Neb. He died July 25, 1899. 

Children : 

i. Judson H., •° resides at Omaha, Neb. 

ii. Chester William; m. Myrtle, daughter of Clarence Mayfield, 
Res. Omaha, Neb. 



316 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

631 

Lucius Andress * {John Denton,^ Ichabod,'' Ichabod,^ 
Ichabod,^ William,'* William,^ Joseph,^ William '), born at Green 
(Smithville), Chenango County, New York.; married Sept. i, 
1 86 1, Jane, daughter of Robert and Juha Anna (Fuller) Wood- 
ruff, born Sept. i, 1842. She survived him, and resides with 
her daughter in Omaha, Neb. 

He was a good man, but passed away so young that he had 
not carried out many of life's young plans. He resided at 
Geneva, O. 

He died of typhoid fever, March 22, 1872. 

Children : 

i. Geneva,'" b. Dec. 4, 1865 ; m. Feb. 20, 1894, Charles Francis 

Pearce, born and educated in London, Eng. ; res. Omaha, 

Neb. 
ii. Albert Lucius, b. Dec. 5, 1868; res. at Riverside, Cal. 

632 

DwiGHT A.' {Munson,^ Isaac,'' Munson,'' Ichabod,^ Will- 
iam,* William,^ Joseph,^ William '), born in Hartland, Ct., 
1843; resided at Granville; married April 12, 187 1, Helen M., 
daughter of Francis Clark, 26 years old. 

A farmer and hotel-keeper. 

Child: 

Mehssa R.,'° b. Oct. 21, 1884. 

James Smith " {William,^ William,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ 
William,* William,' Joseph,' William'), born at Whitehall, 
N. Y., Jan. 29, 1833; married Mary L. Parks. 

He died Sept. 17, 1865. 

634 

Bishop ' {William,^ William,'' Samuel^ Samuel,^ William,* 
William,' Joseph,' William '), born at Whitehall, N. Y., Feb. 
8, 1837; married Sept. 27, 1854, Elizabeth Kidder. Resided 
at Fairhaven, Vt. 

Child: 

WiUiam K.'=> 



NINTH GENERATION 317 

635 

AsBTiRY H. ' (William,^ William,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ 
William,'^ William,^ Joseph," William'), born Aug. 2, 1845; 
married Jan. 2, 1868, Florence C. Inman. 

Children : 

i. Hattie,'° b. June 4, 1869. 

ii. Charles, b. Sept. 25, 1873; ^- 1874. 

636 

John Henry' {John S.,^ John,'' Samuel'' Samud,' Will- 
iam,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born Oct. 7, 1837 ; married 
Sept. II, i860, Sophia H. Crawford. 

He continued the livery stable business, in which his father 
had been engaged in New York City. 

Children : 

i. Mary Louisa,'° b. Dec. 29, 1862. 

ii. John Smitii, b. July 21, 1865. 

iii. William Morris, b. Feb. 5, 1869. 

iv. James Manville, b. July 5, 1870. 

V. Alfred Crawford, b. Aug. 25, 1873. 

vi. Henrietta Oakley, b. May 15, 1877. 

vii. Gilbert Birdsell, b. Oct. 15, 1879. 

637 

Joseph C {Joseph C," Joseph,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ Will- 
iam,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Lubec, Me., 
March 20, 1844; married at Boston, Jan. 26, 1874, Jessie F., 
daughter of Freedom and Eliza Hopkins, born at Randolph, 
Vt., about 1854. He was then a painter, residing in Boston. 

63S 

Thomas D.' {Joseph C.,^ Joseph,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,' Will- 
iam," William," Joseph,' William'), born at Lubec, Me., Dec. 
4, 1855; married in Springfield, Feb. 21, 1889, Fannie, daugh- 
ter of Chauncy and Frances Cotton, born in New York City 
alxuit 1859. He was then a merchant in Springfield. 

Children : 

i. Ruth Henrietta,'" b. Nov. 13, 1890. 
ii. Frank Cotton, b. Oct. 11, 1892. 



318 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

639 

David ' (James,^ Ehenezer,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ William* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Parrsboro, N. S., May 

I, 1841 ; married . He became a sea-captain, and made 

many voyages along the North Atlantic coast. He had been 
eight years master and part owner of the Gypsum Princess, a 
large schooner; had his entire family with him except one 
daughter, when, on the night of Jan. 15, 1898, on the voyage 
from Windsor, N. S., to New York, his vessel was cut in two 
by the steamer Ems, of the North German Lloyd line, in a 
collision in the fog. The captain and all his family who were 
on board were drowned. 

Children : 

Edgar, first mate of the Gypsum Princess. 
i. Vera, b. about 1883. 
ii. A daughter, residing at Brooklyn, N. Y., at the time of the 

wreck, 
iv. Murray, b. about 1893. 

639 a 

Daniel ' {James,^ Ebenezer,'' Ehenezer,^ Ehenezer,^ Will- 
iam,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Parrsboro, N. S., 
Dec. 25, 1846; married at Aspinwall, Central America, Phebe 
Elizabeth Augustin. 

Children : 

Frances Eleanor Maud,'° b. March, 1872. 
i. Mary Dolores, b. Oct., 1874. 
ii. Calvin Augustin, b. Oct., 1877. 

640 

James' (Walter R.,^ Ehenezer,'' Ehenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ Will- 
iam,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Parrsboro, N. S., 
April 6, 1833; married Hannah Hatfield. 



Children : 



Clara .'° 
Burton. 
Marian. 



NINTH GENERATION 319 

641 

Robert Willl4m ' (Waller R.,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezerf" Ebene- 
zer,^ William,'' William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Parrs- 
boro, N. S., Oct. 23, 1836; married first, Nov. 10, 1859, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of John and Susan Pettis, of Cornwallis, N. S. 
She was born May 16, 1843; died Feb. 18, 1866. He married 
second, Jane, daughter of WilHam Kenmore, of Ayrshire, 
Scotland, born Sept. 15, 1844. He resided at Baltimore, Md., 
in 1882. 

Children : 

i. Harriet,'" b. Jan. 17, 1862; d. March 13, 1864. 

ii. Henrietta, b. Nov. 17, 1864. 

iii. Robert William, b. July 13, 1872. 

iv. Rachel F., b. Feb. 6, 1875. 

V. Walter R., b. Aug. 9, 1876. 

vi. Oscar F., b. Jan. 17, 1877; d. March 17, 1878. 

642 

Ebenezer' (Walter 7?.,* Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,' 
William,'* William,' Joseph,' William'), born at Parrstoro, 
N. S.; married first, Emma Hatfield, who died in 1876. He 
married second, Julia Chandler. 

Children : 

i. Clara Avalina.'° iv. Minnie, 

ii. Francis Fraser. v. Aretas. 

iii. Walter Ratchford. vi. Kenmore. 

643 

Randall ' (Waller R.,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ 
William,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Parrsboro, 
N. S.,Sept. 16, 1851; married Jan. 15, 1876, Caroline Hoben, 
born Sept. 5, 1857. 

A sea-captain like the most of the family ; home, Parrsboro, 
N. S. 

Children : 

i. Leslie Trufant,'° b. Nov. 8, 1876. 
ii. Harvey Doane, b. Feb. 20, 1878. 
iii. Sarah .\melia, b. Aug. 14, i88o. 
iv. Lloyd Weldon, b. July 26, 1882. 



320 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

644 

Joseph Edward' (Walter R.,^ Ebenezer,'' Ehenezer^ Ebene- 
zer,^ William,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Parrsboro, 
N. S., Dec. 3, 1856; married June 15, 1881, Clara Webster. 

A sea-captain. Made his home at Maple Creek, Humboldt 
County, California, before 1892. 

Children : 

i. Adeline,'" b. Aug. 3, 1883. 

ii. Harold Mather, b. April 4, 1885. 

iii. Mary Henrietta, b. May 4, 1887. 

iv. Elsie, b. March 5, 1891. 



645 

Clement ' (Daniel,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ Will- 
iam,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Parrsboro, N. S., 
May 18, 1848; married Oct. 13, 1873, at St. John, N. B., 
Mary Frances Hanlan. 

Became a master-mariner, keeping his home at Parrsboro, 
N. S. He died Jan. i, 1899. 

Children : 

i. William Antonio,'° b. Dec. 7, 1874. 

ii. Clement Le Roy, b. Aug. 21, 1877. 

iii. Mildred Matilda, b. Oct. 6, 1879. 

iv. Carl Bernard, b. March 13, 1882. 

650 

Ela Nathaniel ' (Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel,^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Leyden, N. Y., 
May 14, 1822 ; married Sept. 6, 1848, Mary Maria, daughter 
of Hon. Richard Hulbert, of Booneville, N. Y. She was born 
in Champion, N. Y., May 31, 1829, and died Feb. 26, 1901. 

He was educated at Brown's Institute at Denmark, N. Y. ; entered 
the Lewis Co. Bank at Martinsburg at the age of thirteen years, and 
followed the business through his life. Cashier in 1846; head of The Val- 
ley Bank at Booneville in 1852; removed to Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1854, 
organizing the Oswegatchie Bank with which his Valley Bank was merged; 
in 1880 established the National Bank, of which he was cashier and a 
director. He was regarded a high authority in matters pertaining to the 




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NINTH GENERATION 321 

business. He was also executor or administrator of forty estates at one 
time and another, and earned great praise for his upright and able ad- 
ministration. A man of culture and refinement, strong in his convictions, 
loyal and patriotic, public-spirited and helpful in local utilities. President 
of the board of supervisors, chairman of the Republican County Com- 
mittee, member of the City Council and of the board of education, presi- 
dent of the Musical Union, etc., he contributed much to the welfare of 
Ogdensburg; he was also a decided family man and ideal friend. " The 
world is better and brighter that he lived." He died May 22, 1893. 

Child : 

Nellie," b. Jan. 12, 1852; resides at Ogdensburg, N. Y. 

(>r>i 

Clinton Levi' (£/a,* Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel,^ 
John* William,^ Joseph' William'), born at Leyden, N. Y., 
March 25, 1824; married first, Dec. 5, 1849, Caroline Hart, 
of New York City, who was born in Turin, N. Y., Oct. 26, 
1827. She died in 1893, and he subsequently married Julia E. 
Bush. 

He received an academic education. In early life he con- 
ducted an importing dry goods business in New York City; 
in i860 established a banking and stock business; retired in 
1864 to his residence near the old homestead at "Homewood," 
Locust Grove, Leyden, N. Y. 

In 1870 he was elected to Congress, where he served two terms as the 
Republican Representative of the counties of Lewis, Jefferson, and Herki- 
mer. His Congressional career was notable for his successful fight against 
dishonesty and immorality, and his epoch-making work as a financier. 
Among his important bills was one prohibiting the passage of obscene 
literature through the mails, a bill which has made it possible to protect 
the children of the United States from corruption. His work on the Com- 
mittee of Banking and Currency not only brought about the present sys- 
tem of the redemption of the currency, but led to the establishment of the 
national banking system, which has given financial stability and strength 
to the nation. 

At the close of his political career Mr. Merriam retired to " Homewood," 
his country-place adjoining the estate of his father. General Merriam, which 
remained his summer home during the rest of his life, and where, with 
the help of a large circle of friends and a full library-, he indulged his spirit 
of hospitality and his fondness for literature. 

A man of commanding presence, broad knowledge of the world, bril- 
liant intellect and imagination, his personal life was characterized by gen- 
erous impulses, warm sympathies, pure, honest manhood, devotion to 
his family, loyalty to his friends, and faithfulness to his country. 



322 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He died in Washington, D. C, Feb. i8, 1900. 

Children : 

1075. i. Charles Collins,'" b. Nov. 10, 1850. 

1076. ii. Clinton Hart, b. Dec. 5, 1855. 

iii. Ella Gertrude, b. Nov. 7, 1857; d. Aug. 7, 1863. 

iv. Florence Augusta, b. Aug. 8, 1863. She was educated at 
Mrs. Piatt's, Utica, N. Y., and Smith College (special, 
class of 1886), afterward attending courses of lectures at 
Columbia and Stanford Universities. Before going to col- 
lege she began work on birds with her brother, Dr. C. Hart 
Merriam, and when in college helped organize one of the 
first Audubon Societies of the country, with field classes 
for bird study. After leaving college she specialized in 
field ornithology, giving bird talks and holding field classes in 
the inter\'als of her own work, which was carried on not only in 
the East, but in South Carolina, Florida, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, 
California, and other Western States. In addition to arti- 
cles in bird journals and magazines, she has published the 
following books: "Birds through an Opera-glass," 1889; 
"My Summer in a Mormon Village," 1895; " A-Birding 
on a Bronco," 1896; " Birds of Village and Field," 1898; 
and " A Handbook of the Birds of the Western United 
States," 1902. She is a member of the American Orni- 
thologist's Union, and of the Biological Society of Wash- 
ington. In 1889 she married ISIr. Vernon T. Bailey, of 
Washington, D. C, where, when not engaged in literary 
work, she has taken an active interest in philanthropic 
work. Mr. Bailey is in the Biological Section of the United 
States. 

652 

WiLLiAii Wallace' {Ela,^ Nathanid,'' Nathaniel,^ Na- 
thaniel,^ John,'' William,^ Joseph,'' William '), born at Leyden, 
N. Y., May 10, 1827; married first, Nov. 9, 1854, Sarah A., 
daughter of Simon V. Oley, of Utica, N. Y. ; she died July 
22, 1886. He married second, at San Diego, Cal., Oct. 30, 
1889, Mrs. Jane B. Lyman. 

In early life a merchant, then a banker and broker in New 
York City. Removed to Twin Oaks (now called San Marcos), 
Cal. 

Child: 

Edith,'° b. Nov. 9, 1865 ; a teacher in New York City. 




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NINTH GENERATION 323 

653 

James Sheldon » {Ela,^ Nathaniel,' Nathaniel^ Nathaniel,^ 
John* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Leyden, N. Y., 
May 29, 1829; married July 19, 1858, Herminie Hippeau, 
daughter of Prof. Celestin and Aline Herminie (Chauroy) 
Hippeau. She was born at Chatellerault, France, Jan. 10, 
1830; died Nov. 17, 1898. Her father belonged to a distin- 
guished family of physicians ; was one of the most distinguished 
writers on educational matters in France; came to the United 
States in 1868 as a commissioner of Emperor Napoleon to 
make a study of our system of public education ; and his re- 
ports did much to benefit the schools of France. 

Mr. Merriam was graduated from Columbia College in 1854; read law 
and has been in practice in New York City; has devoted himself with 
much earnestness to the study of scientific subjects. With great family 
interest he began many years ago to gather information about his ances- 
tors and all branches of his father's family in this country; corresponding 
widely and giving freely to others what he gathered, he also systematic- 
ally recorded in genealogical methods generation after generation till 
he accumulated a very large and valuable record. This he has most gen- 
erously placed at the disposal of thecomi)iler of this volume, to the very 
large improvement of the book. See further notice in the Introduction. 

Children : 

i. Aline Herminie,'° b. Jan. 4, i860; m. Henrj- Harland, of 
Norwich, Ct., b. March i, i860, d. in San Remo, Italy, 
Dec. 20, 1905. He became eminent as a writer of fiction; 
some of his works were " Lady Paramount," " My Friend 
Prospero," and " Grey Roses." He was also editor of 
" The Yellow Book." Resided abroad many years. 

ii. Louise Angele, b. Sept. 14, 1862; m. May 19, 1885, George 
Pierce Way, Jr., of Philadeljjhia, Pa., a graduate of Prince- 
ton University. He spent a dozen years in Florence, Rome, 
and Switzerland. He and his son lost their lives while climb- 
ing the Cima di Rosso, near Fornio Glacier, above Maloja, 
Switzerland, Aug. 2, 1900. 
Child: 

George Pierce Way, 3d, b. Oct. 12, 1886. 
1077. •''• W'alter Hippeau, b. July 9, 1867. 

654 

GusTA\TTS French ' {Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel^ Na- 
thaniel,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Leyden, 
N. Y., Oct. 17, 1835; married Oct. i, 1863, Mary E. Scott, of 



324 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Washington, D. C, who was born March g, 1844, and died 
Jan. 17, 1888. 

Major Merriam was educated at the U. S. Naval Academy, 
at AnnapoHs, Md. He resigned from the navy in 1858 and 
removed to Kansas. On the breaking out of the RebeUion 
he volunteered and was assigned to the forts about Washing- 
ton, D.C., and at Harper's Ferry, Va., where he served till the 
close of the war. He afterward removed to Topeka, Kan., 
whence he again removed in 1875 to San Luis Rey, Cal. ; has 
developed a large vineyard and honey ranch at "Merriam 
Valley " in Twin Oaks, now San Marcos, San Diego County, 
California. 

Children : 

1078. i. Edwin Alexander,"" b. Aug. 31, 1864. 

ii. Nina Helen, b. Jan. 16, 1867; m. Oct. 14, 1897, Frederick 

Green; res. Escondido, Cal. 
iii. Henry Scott, b. April 9, 1871. 
iv. Anna Theresa, b. June ig, 1872; d. Aug. 6, 1875. 
V. Wallace Webster, b. Feb. 25, 1877; grad. Univ. of California, 

mining and civil engineer at San Luis Rey, Cal. 
vi. Bertha Virginia, b. Oct. 30, 1878. 

655 

Charles Martin « (Ela,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel,^ Na- 
thaniel,^ John," William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Leyden, 
N. Y., May 16, 1841 ; married first, Aug. 29, 1876, Ella 
Florence Loftis, born April 26, 1857; died April 26, 1882. 
He married second, April 10, 1887, Caroline Gertrude Wein- 
man, born May 12, 1867. He resided on the old homestead 
at Leyden ; now at Constableville, N. Y. ; is a farmer. 

Children : 

i. Charles Augustus," b. Jan. 16, 1877. 

ii. Fanny May, b. Sept. 29, 1878. 

1080. iii. Frederick Hoadley, b. Feb. 12, 1880. 

iv. Ella Louise, b. Feb. 26, 1888. 

V. Martin Sheldon, b. July 11, 1890. 

vi. Fay Ehvood, b. Sept. 4, 1894. 



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NINTH GENERATION 325 

656 

Augustus Chapman ' (Ela,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel,^ iVa- 
thaniel,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph," William '), born at Leyden, 
N. Y., May 30, 1843; married July 23, 1869, Louise Oley, of 
Utica, N. Y., torn July 23, 1846. No children. 

He was graduated from Columbia College in the class of 
1866; received the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. 

Was associate professor of Greek, 1880 to 1890, and pro- 
fessor of Greek archaeology and epigraphy till his death at 
Athens, Jan. 19, 1895. He was distinguished for his scholar- 
ship, gready esteemed and lamented. 



657 

George Oliver' {Oliver,^ Nathaniel,'' Matthew^' Na- 
thaniel,'^ John," William,^ Joseph," William'), born at Ports- 
mouth, N. H., May 21, 1824; married Sept. 25, 1852, Hannah 
Berry Rand, born at Rye, N. H., April 29, 1829. 

He was a carriage maker. He was very prominent in the 
Odd Fellows' fraternity, and greatly beloved by a wide circle. 

A fall caused a serious injury to his brain, leaving him in 
such a condition that he "was intermittently alert and well 
or devoid almost of the power of thinking." This lasted twenty 
years, and finally resulted in his death. He died Sept. 26, 
1898. 

Children : 

i. Eleanor Hayes,'° b. June 6, 1855; m. April 29, 1878, Horace 

A. Prescott. 
ii. Marietta, b. at Charlestown, April 12, 1862. 
iii. Cornelia Locke, b. April 23, 1863; d. Jan. 27, 1865. 



658 

Matthew Henry ' (Matthew,^ Nathaniel,^ Matthew,^ Na- 
thaniel,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph," William'), born at Gilman- 
ton, N. H., Aug. 16, 1824; married in Boston, July 20, 1853, 
Jane Wilde, born at W. Fairlee, Vt. She died in Lexington, 
Dec. 31, 1895, x. 67 years, 28 days. 

He was a civil engineer. 

He died Jan. 26, 1898. 



326 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

1081. i. Nathaniel Henry,"° b. at Chelsea, Oct. 25, 1854. 

ii. Minnehaha, b. at C, Dec. 24, 1858; d. June 6, i860, 

iii. Frederick Matthew, b. Aug. 6, 1861; d. March 13, 1866. 

iv. Frank Norton, b. Dec. 28, 1863 ; d. Dec. 8, 1886. 

1082. V. Edward Porter, b. Nov. 22, 1869. 



669 

George William » {William T.,^ John,'' Matthew,^ Na- 
thaniel,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,^ William'), born in Bangor, 
Me., Aug. 5, 1840; married at Aurora, 111., Frances Pangborn. 

Was a machinist and locomotive engineer. He died in Chi- 
cago in 189 1 ; was buried at Council Bluffs, la. 



660 

John Holmes "> (William T.,^ John,'' Matthew,^ Nathaniel,^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Belville, O., 
March 4, 1850; married Amelia Sproenhle of Chicago, 111. 

Was a machinist and locomotive engineer. He died in 
Chicago, 111. 

661 

Franklin Warren ' (James Franklin,^ John,'' Matthew,^ 
Nathaniel,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at 
Lawrence, April 6, 1854; married Oct. 27, 1886, Alice Joseph- 
ine Smith, born in Waterford, Ct., Dec. 28, i860. 

He was graduated from the medical department of the Uni- 
versity of New York in 1880. Was one of the physicians of 
the Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island. He died in New 
York, Sept. 16, 1900. 

Children : 

i. Edna Burdick,'° b. in New York City, Jan. 31, 1889. 
ii. Florence Aiida, b. in Waterford, Ct., Sept. 23, 1894. 
iii. Alice Frances, b. in New York City, Nov. 9, 1899. 



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NINTH GENERATION 327 

663 

Elisha' {Elisha,'' Matthew T.,' Matthew,'' Nathaniel,^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Morrill, Me., 
Nov. 23, 1833; married May 9, 1858, Caroline Bowen, born 
Aug. 17, 1834. 

Has been engaged in the manufacture of lumber at Morrill, 
Me. 

Children : 

i. Nellie M.,'° b. March 4, i860. 

ii. Judson, b. Dec. 13, 1865; d. Feb. 26, 1868. 

iii. Justin, b. Feb. 28, 1868. 

iv. Hermon, b. Sept. 26, 1870. 

V. Elinda, b. May 31, 1874. 

vi. Richard, b. Oct. 25, 1876. 



664 

WiLLARD' {Elisha,^ Matthew T.,' Matthew," Nathaniel,^ 
John,-' William,' Joseph,' William'), born at Morrill, Me., 
Aug. 29, 1835; married Jan. 11, 1859, Sophia M. Neal, born 
in June, 1837. 

He volunteered for the defence of our Union and gave his 
life to the cause. 

Children : 

i. Marcia N.,'° b. Oct. 4, i860; d. in infancy, 
ii. Marcia T., b. Jan. 15, 1862; d. in infancy. 
iii. Grace W., b. Feb. 6, 1865 ; d. in infancy. 



665 

Horace Arnold » (Horace,'^ Matthew T.,' Matthew," Na- 
thaniel,^ John,-* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at East 
Thomaston, Me., Dec. 19, 1852; married Dec. 10, 1878, Carrie 
Lang, daughter of George and Eliza (Rohn) Lander, born 
Aug. 12, 1853. Her father was a native of Scotland, and her 
mother of Germany. She died in 1900. 

He went to sea on leaving the high school, and was in the 
coasting line two years. Learned the machinist's trade at 
Andover, and worked at various places. Went to California 



328 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

in 1875. Joined with his brother Fred in purchasing a farm 
near St. Helena, Cal., in 1878, but soon sold and went into 
the clothing business. After a few years turned his attention 
to viticulture; was superintendent of the wine cellars at Los 
Gatos some time. About 1894 he invented machinery for ex- 
tracting tannin from bark, and developed a very successful 
business in that line, his brother George Herbert being asso- 
ciated with him. 

Mr. Merriam died at Alameda, Cal., Jan. 24, 1903. 

Children : 

i. Jennie Willoughby,'° b. Dec. 18, 1879; m. March 11, 1903, 
Horace Lankton Moulthrop, b. in San Francisco, Cal., 
Aug. 29, 1879. He is a draughtsman in the employ of the 
Southern Pacific R. R., S. F. ; res. at Alameda, Cal. 

Children : 

1. Carol Adeline Moulthrop, b. Aug. 10, 1904. 

2. Horace Howard Moulthrop, b. Jan. 10, 1906. 

ii. Horace Robert, b. Feb. 14, 1884; in the employ of the Pacific 

Steel and Wire Co., Oakland, Cal. 
iii. Hamden Wallace, b. Oct. 21, 1885; with the Fireman's Fund 

Insurance Co., S. F. ; he and his brother are members of 

the National Guard and at this writing are on duty in the 

earthquake-stricken city. 



666 

George Herbert « {Horace,^ Matthew T.,' Matthew,^ 
Nathaniel,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Rock- 
land, Me., Feb. 18, 1861; married there Dec. 11, 1901, Caro- 
line Frances, only daughter of Capt. William Woodbury and 
Jennie (Crockett) Achorn,* born at Rockland, Me., Nov. i, 
1866. 

He removed to St. Helena, Cal., in 1878. Is now in the 
employ of the Pacific Coast Oil Company at Corcoran, Cal. 

Child: 

Constance Albert,'" b. in Oakland, Cal., Dec. 27, 1903. 

* A descendant of Jacob Eichorn, who came from Germany to Broad Bay, Me., in 
'753' ^"'^' through his mother, a descendant of Thos. Tolman, of Dorchester, Mass., 
1639. 



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NINTH GENERATION 329 



667 



Fred J.« {Horace,^ Matthew 7.,' Matthew^ Nathaniel,' 
John,'^ William/ Joseph,' William'), bom at Rockland, Me., 
Sept. 29, 1855; married Dec. 15, 1886, Jennie Bennett, born 
in Crossdoney, County Cavan, Ireland. 

As a young man he was a clerk in a store several years, and 
then worked in his father's shipyard. Removed to St. Helena, 
Cal., in March, 1877, and is proprietor of the Chula Vista 
vineyard. 

Children : 

i. Arthur Bennett,'" b. Aug. 2, 1889. 
ii. Leslie Elmore, b. Oct. 22, 1893. 



668 

Levi Thatcher" {Thatcher,^ Matlhra.' T.,' Matthew,'' 
Nathaniel,' John," William,' Joseph,' William'), born in 
Lawrence, Sept. 24, 1849; married first, Aug. 30, 1869, Mary 
A., daughter of Alexander H. and Mary A. Rowe, born in 
Portland, Me., 185 1. lie married second, Nov. 20, 1889, 
Jennie L., daughter of Charles K. and Hattie Roterts, born 
in Fort Covington, N. Y., in 1865. 

Residence, Lawrence. 

Children : 

i. Louise Maud,'° b. Jan. 11, 1871. 

ii. Alexander Thatcher, b. Sept. 17, 1872. 

iii. Annie May, b. Nov. 3, 1875. 

iv. Walter Edwin, b. Sept. 4, 1877. 



668 a 

Edwin Garrald' (Thatcher,^ Matthew T.,' Matthew,^ 
Nathaniel,' John,* William,' Joseph,' William'), born at 
Lawrence, June 20, 1851; married Oct. i, 1879, Ruth Maria 
Josephine, daughter of William Hanna and Catherine (Shaw) 
Graham, born July 29, i860. Her parents were born in County 
Down, near Ik-lfast, Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. 

He was graduated from Harvard University, A. B., 1874; 



330 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

LL. B., 1875; admitted to the bar in St. Louis, Mo., in 1878, 
and entered upon the practice of law in that city. Since 1882 
he has been connected with the law department of the Missouri 
Pacific Railway system; is at present assistant to the vice- 
president. 

670 

Frederick 0.» {Thatcher,^ Matthew T.,' Matthew,'' Na- 
thaniel,^ John," William,^ Joseph,' William ') born in Lawrence 
Oct. 16, 1858; married Carrie O., born in Biddeford, Me. 

He was a letter-carrier in Lawrence; died in 1895. 

Children : 

i. Harry A.,'° b. April 20, 1882; a machinist, 
ii. Bertha M., b. Jan. 26, 1887. 



679 

Charles James' (James P.,^ James /.,' Jesse,^ John,^ 
John," William,^ Joseph,' William'), born INIarch 17, 1844; 
married Nov. 26, 1868, Mary Miller. Residence, East Saginaw, 
Mich. ; a skilful mechanic, saw-setter in a lumber mill. 

Children : 

i. Frankhn G.,'° b. July 9, 1871. 
ii. Roy James, b. June 16, 1878. 

682 

Horace R.' {Edmund,* Asahel,'' Biirrage^ John,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph," William'), born ]\\nQ 2, 1843; married 
Oct. 8, 1872, Jennie M. Arnold, born Nov. 7, 1847. 

Residence, Rocky Hill, Ct. 

Children : 

i. Edmund A.,'° b. Nov. 17, 1873. 
ii. Annie R., b. May 26, 1877. 



NINTH GENERATION 331 

684 

Heman Clark' (Stehpen R.,^ Amasa,' William,^ William,' 
John* William,' Joseph,' William'), born Sept. i6, 1816; 
married in Royalton, N. Y., Triphena Seals (Searles). 

He went with his father to Ohio in 1820, and grew up in 
Coventry, Summit County. 

Children : 

« 

i. Louisa,'° b. Dec. 2, 1850. 

ii. Elmira, b. Nov. 16, 1852; d. Jan. 17, 1853. 

iii. Patience, b. .April 24, 1854, at HinkJey, O. 

iv. Leman Clark, b. Feb. 24, 1856, at Indiantown, 111. 

V. Mary Elizabeth, b. July i, 1858, at Olive, Mich. 

vi. Zara Searles, b. June 11, i860; d. June 8, 1861. 

vii. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 16, i86i ; d. Nov. 14, 1864. 

viii. Emma Linda, b. March 14, d. Dec. 12, 1864. 



«85 

Edward" {Stephen R.,^ Amasa,^ William,'' William,' John,* 
William,' Joseph,' William'), lx)rn at New Hartford, Ct., 
Feb. 27, 1819; married in Norton, O., Feb. 4, 1844, Damaris 
Carpenter. She died Novcmter, 1892. 

Residence, Dover, O. 

Children : 

i. Amelia Martens,'" b. in Coventry, O., Feb. 11, 1845; m. 

Aug. 29, 1861, Samuel H. Ames, 
ii. Henry Carroll, b. at Olmstead, O., July 23, 1847; ser\'ed in 

the Union army; d. Dec. 17, 1864. 
iii. Belinda Estella, b. Aug. 19, 1849; m. June 24, 1866, John 

L. Spencer, 
iv. I'klward Roscoe, b. March 7, 1852. 
V. John .Vnderson, b. July 4, 1854; m. March 24, 1880, Paulina 

Lippmann. 
vi. Alton Bennett, b. July 9, 1856. 
vii. Emma Lucina, b. Oct. 9, 1859; d. July 25, i860, 
viii. Ella Lavinia, b. in Dover, O., Aug. 18, 1861 ; d. April 23, 1865. 
ix. Mary Adelaide, b. July 6, 1865. 
X. Martha, b. April 25, 1869. 



332 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

686 

William R.' {Stephen R.,^ Amasa,'' William,^ William,^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,'' William^), born at Morgan, O., 
March 4, 1821 ; married first, in 1843, Margaret Humes. She 
died Feb. 16, 1863, ae. 39 years, 4 months, 2 days. He married 
second, in 1864, also at Richmond, Pa., Florence Willis. 

He was a carpenter and builder. He died June 3, 1877. 

Children : 

i. Clarissa Angelina,"" b. Dec. 23, 1844; m. George Root. Res. 

Chester, Eaton Co., Mich, 
ii. Stephen Rice, b. Feb. 20, 1847; d. Dec. 19, 1855. 
iii. Napoleon J., b. Oct. 20, 1849; d. March 28, 1864. 
iv. Malcolm Deton, b. Dec. 6, 185 1. 
V. Thomas Jefferson, b. Aug. 8, 1854. 



687 

Homer Talma' {Stephen R.,^ Amasa,'' William,^ William,'^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William^), born at Coventry, O., 
March 16, 1823; married June 30, 1844, in Olmstead, O., 
Nancy Carpenter; she died Jan. 13, 1881. 

Removed to Whiteside County, 111. ; in 1869 to a place near 
Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa; in 1886 to Bon Homme, 
S. D., and in 1887 to Harrison, Neb. 

Children : 

i. Edgar Ehsha,'° b. May 7, 1846; m. Sept. 5, 1876, NeUie Wolf; 

children. He d. Aug. 15, 1893. 
ii. Benjamin Wallace, b. Aug. 11, 1848; m. (i) Jan., 1874, 

Louisa J. Hopkins, who d. in 1880. He m. (2) in 1883 

. Was in the employ of C. B. & Q. R. R.; res. at 

Milledgeville, 111. 
iii. James, b. Jan. 14, 1859; m. Nov. 5, 1899, Ethel Garretson. 

Inherited his father's place in Algona, la. 
iv. Alice Rosalinda, b. Dec. 5, 1859; m. (i) Jan. i, 1882, Jasper 

Ferris. He d. Jan. 20, 1894; she m. (2) George Kruger, 

vs^ho d. 1897; she m. (3) Newman. 

V. Ada Elsiephinie, b. Nov. i, 1863. 

vi. Aurilla Damaris, b. Jan. 8 1865; m. Jan. 2, 1891, Frank 

Smith, of Harrison, Neb., later of Deadwood, Colo. 



NINTH GENERATION 333 

688 

Alvah" {Stephen R.,* Amasa,' William,'' William,' John,* 
William,^ Joseph,^ William '), born at Coventry, O., Aug. 27, 
1825; married at Meriden, Ct., Jan. 18, 1846, Julia Ann 
Douglas. She died in November, 1892. 

He is a carpenter and builder, at Whittemore, la. 

Children: 

i. Oswin Wilbur,'° b. March 25, 1847; res. in 1899 near Green- 
field, la. 

ii. Julia Ann, b. Aug. 18, 1848; d. Dec. 11, 1861. 

iii. Russell Douglas, b. July 15, 1850. 

iv. Eunice Emeline, b. Feb. 24, 1852; m. June 19, 1873, Henrv 
Todd. 

V. Frank Neal, b. Sept. 28, 1854; d. Oct. 29, i860. 

vi. Herbert Alvah, b. May 13, 1857; d. Sept. 20, 1858. 

vii. Edward Lyman, b. March 22, 1859. 

viii. Henry Rice, b. July 28, 1861; d. March 3, 1862. 

ix. Herbert Walter, b. Oct. 28, 1862; d. Sept. 21, 1863. 

X. Ellen Marinda, b. April 20, d. Aug. 13, 1864. 

xi. Linna Maria, b. May 9, d. May 13, 1867. 

xii. Lucia Emma, b. May 3, 1869. 



689 

TRmiAN' (Joel,^ Amasa,' William,'' William,' John,' Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William '), born in Meriden, Ct., Aug. 28, 1814; 
married Sept. i, 1840, Jane Stewart, of Cham])ion, O. 

He was proprietor of a steam saw-mill at Liberty [O. ?] till 
1846, when he removed to Sharon, Pa., and was first engineer 
of a smelting furnace. Removed to Medina, Wis., in 1848; 
has patented various improvements in pipe and Ixjiler coverings 
in steam-engines at Milwaukee, Wis., since 1868. 

Children : 

i. Joel,'° b. Sept. 27, 1841; enlisted in ist Wis. Vol. Inf. on his 
20th birthday; d. in the defence of the Union, Jan. 19, 1862. 
ii. William, d. March 30, 1862. 
iii. Althea, b. Aug. 5, 1856. 

iv. Cassius Truman, b. Nov. 14, 1858; d. Feb. 28, 1867. 
V. Adora Jane, b. June 7, 1861; d. Nov. 26, 1866. 



334 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

690 

Henry Lyman' (Joel,^ Amasa,'' William^ William^' John, 
William,^ Joseph,'' William^), born April 21, 1821; married 
first, May, 185 1, Esther Follansbie, born Sept. 23, 183 1, died 
March 16, 1858. He married second, in 1859, Mary Eliza 
Skinner, born Oct. 6, 1832. 

He resided at Atwater, O., on the farm his father had occu- 
pied before removing to Wisconsin. In 1870 he removed to 
Elmore, Neb. Farmer and postmaster. 

Children : 

Charles C.,'° b. May 30, 1852; d. Dec. 2, 1876. 

i. Mar)' F., b. Feb. 8, 1854; married. 

ii. Edwin G., b. June 27, i860. 

V. Edith, b. April 6, 1862; d. Aug. 16, 1863. 
V. Lydia, b. April 6, 1863. 
vi. Delia, b. Feb. 6, 1865. 

691 

Reuben Williams '> (Sylvester,^ Amasa,'' William,^ Will- 
iam,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Meriden, 
Ct., March 22, 181 5 ; married Feb. 6, 1840, Eliza Ann Horton. 

Farmer and hotel-keeper in Hiram, O. 

Children : 

i. Sylvester Lauren,'° b. Nov. 24, 1840; killed in a sawmill, 
May 27, 1867. 

ii. Cloett, b. Sept. 12, 1845. 

iii. Frank Wesley, b. Nov. 9, 1847. In jewelrj' business in War- 
ren, O. 

iv. Marshall Gates, b. Oct. 24, 1849. R^s. Cleveland, O. 

V. Alvarado R., b. Nov. 22, i860; Hiram College, O. 



692 

Lauren "^ (Sylvcstey,^ Amasa,'' William,^ William,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born April 27, 1820; married 
Feb. 6, 1845, Harriet M., daughter of Elijah Woodford, of 
Elmore, Mich. 

He has been a farmer, lumberman, and merchant in various 
places; a large land-owner and lumber manufacturer at El- 
more, Mich., in 1880. 



NINTH GENERATION 335 



Children : 



i. Persis Lillian,'" b. Jan. 28, 1850; m. Oct. 26, 1869, Benj. 

F. Flint; d. Nov. 22, 1874. 
ii. Anna L., b. Dec. 7, 1857; m. April 23, 1879, Dr. Charles S. 

Cope, of Shelby, O. 

Children : 

1. Otis Merriam Cope ^ • t,, 00 

2. Persis Lillian Cofe, \ ^- ^^^y '9. 1880. 
iii. Otis Pinet, b. Oct. 31, 1859; d. Dec. 15, 1863. 

Alvah' {Sylvester,'^ Amasa,'' William^' William,'' John* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born March 1, 1826; married 
Jan. 9, 1853, Emily Augusta Woodford, of Hartford, O., born 
Sept. 28, 1819, died Feb. 19, 1879. 

Farmer and merchant at lona, Mich. 

Children : 

i. Waher H.,"° b. Nov. 16, 1854; d. July 27, 1880. 
ii. Ellis I,., h. Oct. 25, 1856; d. Jan. 2, '1878. 
iii. Almon W., b. Aj)ril 28, 1861. 

695 

Hexry DofGLAS' {Samuel A.,^ Amasa,'' William,'' Will- 
iam,^ John,* William,^ Joseph' William'), born July 6, 1835; 
married Aug. 25, 1861, Caroline Louisa Brooks; she died 
January, 1906. 

He resided at Woodbury, Branford, and Meriden, Ct. ; he 
died Feb. 16, 1906. 

Child: 

Mary Gertrude,'" b. June 3, 1862; d. Sept., 1885. 

(;9(> 

LuciEN Amasa'' (Samuel A.,^ Amasa,'' William,^ William,^ 
John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born Jan. 22, 1840; 
married Oct. 4, 1864, Susan, daughter of Lewis and Mary 
Le Fey; she died May 4, 1890. 

Resides in Branford, Ct. ; is tax collector. 



336 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Susan Eliza,'° b. Nov. 20, 1865. 

ii. Melissa Loretta, b. July 21, 1867. 

iii. Lizzie Scranton, b. Sept. 14, 1869; m. June 3, 1897, Lauren 

Hotchkiss Gibbud. 
iv. Almira Amelia, b. Dec. 16, 1875. 

698 

Selden ' {Sidney,^ Asaph,'' William^ William,^ John,'* 
William,^ Joseph,' William^), born July 17, 1808; married 
March 15, 1832, Cynthia C. Russell, who was received to 
church in 1830. Resided at Meriden, Ct. ; received to church, 
1840. 

He died Feb. 8, 1875. 

Children : 

i. Lydia Bonham,'° b. Feb. 22, 1833; m. July 18, 1866, Hiram 

Richmond, 
ii. Phebe Ann, b. April i, 1835; m. Jan. i, 1854, Burrage I. 

Dening. 
iii. Sophronia Russell, b. March i, 1837; m. July 3, 1855, Henry 

V. Belden. 
iv. Julia Curtis, b. May 24, 1841; m. Nov. 8, i860, Harlow R. 

Isbell. 
V. Charles Bishop (adopted son); m. May 17, 1867, Mary Jane 

Rice, 
vi. Catherine Sevelia, b. Jan. 22, 1846; m. Nov. 16, 1864, Henry 

E. Fowler. 
vii. Cynthia Lunette, b. Sept. 18, 1853; m. (i) Jan. 27, 1871, 

John Arthur Black; m. (2) C. D. Newberry. 

700 

Asaph' {Lauren,^ Asaph,'' Williain,^ William,^ John,-* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph," William '), born at Meriden, Ct., July 15, 181 1 ; 
married first, ISIarch 28, 1833, Nancy Collins, who died Oct. 
18, 1852. He married second, June 3, 1853, Susan (CoUins) 
Rice, who died in i860. He married third Dec. 7, i860, Sarah 
Camp. 

Resided at Meriden, Ct. 

Children : 

i. Henry CoUins.'° 

ii. John Lynn. 

iii. Nancy Temperance, b. Jan. 21, 1855. 

iv. Harry, b. Nov. 7, 1856. 



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NINTH GENERATION 337 

701 

Nelson' {Lauren,^ Asaph,'' William,'' William,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Meriden, Ct., Sept. 21, 
1813; married March 27, 1833, Rosetta Couch, born March 
15, 1817. 

Resided at Meriden, Ct. 

Children : 

1090. i. George Couch,'" b. Sept. 17, 1834. 

1091. ii. Nelson Covvles, b. Nov. 8, 1847. 

iii. James Couch, b. March 5, d. Aug. i8, 1851. 
iv. Eva Rosetta, b. Nov. 6, 1853; m. Jan. i, 1880, Aden John 
Converse, of Meriden, Ct. 

Children: 

1. Wilfred Merriam Converse, b. March 24, 1882. 

2. Claire Couch Converse, b. June 26, 1883. 

3. Helen Merriam Converse, b. Feb. 11, 1888. 

4. Thornton John Converse, b. June 24, 1891. 

702 

Lawrence Todd" {Lauren,^ Asaph,'' William,^ William,' 
John,'* William,^ Joseph," William'), born June 2, 1822; mar- 
ried at Middletovvn, Ct., Dec. 11, 1844, Susan J. Hubbard. 

Residence, Meriden, Ct. Removed to Dixon, 111. 

Children: 

i. Jane Hubbard,'° b. about 1845. 

ii. Edgar H., b. 1846; a travelling salesman. 

iii. Frank H., b. about 1851; d. Jan. 22, 1869. 

iv. Lauren B., b. Aug. 24, 1854; civil engineer at Milwaukee, 

Wis., and Chicago, 111. 
V. Julia. 



7()3 

Levi ' (Noah,^ Asaph,'' William^ William,' John,* William,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Meriden, Ct., Dec. 17, 1820; 
married Oct. 25, 1842, Rhoda Bunnell, of Southington, Ct.; 
she was received into the First Church, May, 1841 ; he had 
been received May, 1837. 

He died March 18, 1886. 



338 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Walter Henry ,'° b. Sept. lo, 1845 ; res. Hartford, Ct. 
ii. Charles Andrew, b. Oct. 10, 1852. 



704 

Edwin J.' {Noah,^ Asaph,'' William,^ William,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,'' William^), born at Meriden, Ct., March 
25, 1833; married Oct. 25, 1854, Harriet Newton Bradley, 
born in 1834. 

Resided at Meriden, Ct. He served in the Connecticut 
volunteer infantry ; vi^as virounded at the battle of Deep Bottom, 
Va., and died in hospital, Oct. 5, 1864. 

Children : 

iioo. i. Charles Loveland,'° b. Oct. 9, 1855. 

ii. Frederick Julius, b. Oct. 14, 1857. (Res. Escanaba, Mich.) 



705 

EzEKiEi. Rice' (Salmon,^ Asaph,'' William,^ William,^ 
John,* William,^ Joseph' William^), born at Meriden, Ct., 
Feb. 26, 1830; married Feb. 28, 185 1, Nancy E. Crosby, born 
Feb. 26, 1833. He was received into the church, March, 1848, 
and she, June, 1853. Both dismissed, March. 1866. 

Children : 

i. Albert C.,'° res. Raritan, 111. 

ii. Ezekiel Rice; res. Meriden, Ct. 

iii. Salmon. 

iv. WiUiam; res. Morrison, la. 

V. Ada M.; m. E. Patch. 

vi. Sarah E. ; m. Peter Thompson; res. Morrison, la. 

vii. Elizabeth. 

viii. Susan; d. in infancy. 



706 

Asaph ' {Salmon,^ Asaph,'' William,^ William,^ John,* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Meriden, Ct., July 13, 1845; 
married Harriet E. Savage, who was received into church in 



NINTH GENERATION 339 

1867; he was received November, 1867; both dismissed in 
1892. 
Resided at Meriden, Ct. 

Children : 
1 103. i. Frank A.,'" b. about 1870. 
ii. William T., b. about 1875. 

iii. Emeline Mary, b. about 1877; m. at So. Acton, Mass., Jan. 
31, 1895, Leonard C. Willard, son of Luke T. and Abbie 
(Greenwood) Willard, b. in Bolton about 1874. 

707 

David K." {Levi,^ Joel,' Thomas^' William,' John," Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Plymouth, Ct., Nov. 14, 
1815; married Sept. i, 1840, Julia A. Button, of Watertown, 
Ct. ; she died Jan. 22, 1876. 

He was a farmer in Watertown, Ct. He died June 21, 
1876. 

Children : 

i. Ansel Kellogg,'° b. Dec. i, 1841; d. April 26, 1844. 

ii. David Kellogg, b. Oct. 8, 1843; m. Jan. 18, 1877, Mrs. M. A. 

Gregory, of Washington, D. C. 
iii. Julia Eliza, b. Aug. 14, 1845; m- J"ne 17, 1870, Charles W. 

Landon. 
iv. Harriet Louise, b. Aug. 4, 1847; "i- M^i)' 'Si 1873, Morris 

H. Guernsey. 
V. Laura Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1850. 

vi. Henrietta Kerfoot, b. Dec. 6, 1853 ; d. March 26, 1875. 
vii. Elizabeth Kellogg, b. Jan. 7, 1857. 
viii. Levi Dutton, b. Oct. 23, 1859; d. Jan. 7, i860. 

708 

John' (Allen,^ Thomas,'' Thomas,'' William,' John,* Will- 
iam,' Joseph,' William'), born at Ro.xbury, N. Y., May 
15, 1821; married Jan. 2, 1848, Mary Collins, of Cicero, 
N.Y. 

He removed in 1854 to Syracuse, N. Y., and in 1858 to 
Wisconsin. 

Children : 

i. Leonora,'" b. May 10, 1850. 
ii. Capitola, b. May 10, i860. 



340 MEERIAM GENEALOGY 

709 

Amzy ' (Allen,^ Thomas,'' Thomas^ William,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William''), born in Roxbury, N. Y., July 3, 
1827; married first, August, 1849, Amasette Hyde; she died 
in June, 1875. He married second, in Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 
19, 1879, Mrs. Newton. 

He went to California by the overland route in April, 1853. 
Returned in about two years by water. Went out again in 
April, 1876. Residence, Los Angeles, Cal. Is in the whole- 
sale confectionery business. 

Children : 

i. Mary James,'° b. in Lynn, Wis., Aug. 15, 1850. 
ii. Alice Annette, b. May 3, 1853 ; m. April, 1869, Oscar Zellar, 
a farmer in Lynn, Wis. ; since removed to Iowa. 



710 

Allen ' {Harvey,* Thomas,'' Thomas^ William,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph," William '), born in Cicero, N. Y., Oct. 
4, 1823; married Jane S. Gillette, born March 18, 1833. 

Removed to Denton's Corners, N. Y. ; a merchant. 

Children : 

i. Celinda,'° b. June 28, 1852; m. Feb., 1876, Frank Young. 

ii. Albert P., b. Sept. 6, 1853; m. Sept. 6, 1875, Eunice Auringer.-^ 

iii. Walter H., b. March, 1855; a cheese manufacturer. 

iv. Belle P., b. June 23, 1857. 

V. Herman D., b. Sept. 21, i860; studied medicine. 

vi. Ida J., b. April 25, 1862; a teacher. 

vii. Darwin A., b. May i, 1866. 

viii. Eddie A., b. July 12, 1868. 

711 

Nathan ' {Harvey,* Thomas,'' Thomas^ William,^ John,'* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Roxbury, N. Y., Feb. 
2, 1828; married Harriet . 

Children : 

i. Almira,'° b. Sept. 25, 1853. 
ii. Horace, b. June 5, 1855. 



! 



NINTH GENERATION 341 

iii. William, b. Feb. 27, 1857. 

iv. Alice, b. March 25, 1859. 

V. Efl5e, b. Sept. 21, 186 1. 

vi. Burton, b. April 4, 1864. 

vii. Helen, b. March 21, 1866. 

viii. Luella, b. April 7, 1869. 

ix. Mabel, b. Feb. 20, 1872. 

X. Elmer, b. Jan. i, 1874. 

713 

George Sayer « {Samuel, G.,* Thomas,'' Thoinas,^ Will- 
iam,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at New Haven, 
N. Y., Aug. 22, 1842; married at Oswego, N. Y., Feb. 26, 
1880, Anna Cornelia Riggs;. she died May 26, 1881. 

He is in general mercantile business in Leavenworth, Kan. 

Child: 

Maude,'° b. Nov. 30, 1880. 

720 

Henry Guernsey « {Henry,^ Thomas,'' Thomas^ William,^ 
John,* William,^ Joseph," William'), born at Goshen, N. Y., 
March 5, 1836; married in Worcester (Mass.), Jan. 24, 1867, 
Fannie White, daughter of Estes and Fannie Cutler (White) 
Cumniings. 

He fitted for college at the academy in his native town; 
graduated at Brown University in 1858; principal of Leicester 
Academy, several years; some time in chemist work in New 
York City; in hardware business at Waverly, N. Y., twenty- 
five years; president of local gas company ; memlxjr of school 
board, and its first president. 

Children: 
1109. i. Henry Estes,'° b. at Waverly, N. Y., May 21, 1869. 

ii. Grace Maria, b. July i, 1870; graduated from Waverly 
high school in 1887; took post-graduate course there, 
and two years' work at Wells College, Aurora, N. Y. She 
was married Dec. 30, 189 1, to William Alonzo Stevenson, 
of Sayre, Pa.; removed to El Paso, Tex. 

Children : 

1. Frances Mary Stevenson, b. Nov. 3, 1892. 

2. William Mcrriam Stevenson, b. .'\pril 8, 1895. 

3. Margaret Munroe Stevenson, b. Sept. 16, 1898. 



342 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

721 

Chakles Edward' {Henry,* Thomas,'' Thomas^ Will- 
tarn,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Goshen, 
N. Y., June 26, 1838; married March 23, 1864, Jane, daughter 
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Wells, born Aug. 7, 1841. 

He resided in Goshen, N. Y., to 1874; spent a year at Prairie 
du Sac, Wis. ; removed to Waverly, N. Y., till 1892 ; in Albany, 
N. Y., some time ; at present in Schenectady ; has been a mer- 
chant and insurance agent. 

Children : 

1 1 10. i. Frank Wells,'° b. May 9, 1866. 
ii. Elizabeth Reeve, b. May 4, 1868. 

iii. Mary Evans, b. Nov, i, 1871; m. Aug. 31, 1892, Dr. Charles 
A. Gwynn; res. Auburn, N. Y. He died Oct. 18, 1905. 

Children : 

1. Dorothy Gwynn, b. June 13, 1894. 

2. Mary Gwynn, b. Feb., 1898. 

3. William M. Gwynn, b. at the summer home. North Fair 

Haven, N. Y., in July, 1903. 
iv. Anna Alma, b. June 8, 1874. 
v. Charles Willis, b. Nov. 5, 1878. 

722 

Frank Augustus ' (Henry,* Thomas,'' Thomas,'' William,^ 
John,'' William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Goshen, N. Y., 
June 27, 1846; married there Oct. 9, 1873, Ruth Sears, daugh- 
ter of William M. and Jane Sayer, born July 5, 1848. 

He is manager of the Chicago branch of The Rider-Ericsson 
Engine Co. 

Child : 

Bertha Sayer,'° b. Feb. 17, 1875; d. Nov. 18, 1904. 

723 

Alexander Ross" {Henry,* Thomas,'' Thomas^ William,^ 
John,'' William,^ Joseph,' Williatn'), born in Goshen, N. Y., 
Jan. 20, 1849; was married in Boston, July 18, 1879 (by Rev. 
John L. Withrow, D. D.), to Jane Mary, daughter of Watson 
and Sarah (Savv^yer) Gore, born in Boston, July i, 1857. 

He was graduated at Yale in 1872, Andover Theological 



NINTH GENERATION 343 

Seminary, 1877; ordained Congregational minister at East- 
hampton, Oct. 3, 1877, and was pastor there till called to the 
First Evangelical Church of Grand Rapids, Mich., where 
he remained till 1892. He is now professor of homiletics, 
pastoral theology, and sociology in Hartford Theological 
Seminary, Hartford, Ct. 

Children, the first three born in Easthampton, the others in 
Grand Rapids, Mich. : 

i. Edmund Sawyer,'° b. May 4, 1880. 

ii. Alma May, b. Dec. 9, 188 1. 

iii. Elizabeth Caroline, b. April 3, 1884. 

iv. Helen Louise, b. May 5, 1885. 

V. Margaret Isabella, b. July 21, 1890. 



724 

Henry Hollister' {Noah,'^ Thomas,'' Thomas,^ William,^ 
John," William,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Cicero, N. Y., 
April 25, 1832; married Jan. 18, 1855, Isabella, daughter of 
William and Elizalxth (Van Alstyne) McLeish; she died in 
Oswego Falls (now Fulton), N. Y., Feb. 4, 1900. He was a 
farmer, successful and progressive, long at the head of the 
Oswego Falls Agricultural Society, where he resided from 
1865 till the close of his life. He died Feb. 4, 1900. 

Children : 



.•XT ' ] both drowned Dec., 1870. 

11. Harvey, t ' ' 

iii. Elsie, b. Sept. 24, 1862; m. April 29, 1885, Nevada N. Strana- 
han. Surviving child, Louise Stranahan, b. May 26, 1896. 

iv. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 23, 1865; m. Oct. 2, 1903, Jay C. Harring- 
ton. 
1112. V. Noah, b. Sept. 2, 1867. 

vi. Marian, b. Aj)ril 25, 1869; m. in Aug., 1895, Frederick E. 
Foster; d. Dec., 1901. 



724 b 

Thomas' (Noah,^ Thomas,'' Thomas,^ William,^ John," 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Cicero, N. Y., April 
13, 1843; married Oct. i, 1872, Carrie Elizabeth, daughter of 



344 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Dr. William C. and Mary Elizabeth (Keeler) Doane, of Will- 
iamsport, N. Y., born Sept. 15, 1851. 

He graduated from the academy at Cortland, N. Y., in 1862, 
and immediately entered the Union army. He assisted in raising 
Company H, of the 149th N. Y. volunteer infantry, and was 
commissioned second lieutenant, Sept. 17, 1862. The next 
year he was commissioned first lieutenant and promoted 
to captain Aug. 4, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga. He was 
afterward brevetted major. His service was in part at 
Lookout Mountain and other places in Tennessee, and in 
the famous "march to the sea" of Sherman's army. 

After the war he settled down to business in Syracuse ; was a 
hardware dealer, and also in the manufacture of doors, sashes, 
and blinds. He was a director in the Merchants' National 
bank, and interested in many local enterprises. Was a member 
and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church, and connected 
with the G. A. R. and Loyal Legion. He died May i, 1904. 

Child: 

Mary Doane,'° b. Jan. 15, 1891. 

735 

WiLLARD Davis " (Selden N.,^ Reuben,'' Thomas'' William,^ 
Joltn,'' William,^ Joseph,^ William'), born near Lowell, O., 
Jan. 12, 1825; married first, in Lowell, O., June 18, 1849, 
Caroline Davis. He married second, Mrs. Ruth C. (Clark) 
Otis, of Liberty, la., born March 12, 1832. 

As a young man he and a partner named Cox bought a flat- 
boat and miscellaneous stock of utensils, provisions, produce, 
from spinning-wheels to dried apples, went down the Ohio 
and Mississippi rivers and sold the whole at Vicksburg, Miss., 
to advantage. He repeated the venture and did considerable 
trading beside farming. In 1874 he removed to Iowa, and 
went into the real estate business. 

Children : 

i. Angerona,'° b. March 25, 1850; m. June 10, 1869, at Mari- 
etta, O., James West. 
ii. Frank, b. Nov., 1854; d. Nov., 1875. 



NINTH GENERATION 345 

726 

Wallace B. « {Selden N.,^ Reuben,'' Thomas^ William,^ 
John,'' William,^ Joseph,^ William'), born in Salem, O., May 
19, 1834; married June, 1858, Sarah A. Read, of Meadville, 
Pa. 

Graduated at Alleghany College, Meadville, Pa. ; removed 
to Sigoninery, la., in 1858. Was recorder, county treasurer, 
clerk of courts, sheriff, councilman, bank director, and carried 
on a stock and produce business. 

He died Sept. 25, 1873. 

Children : 

i. Hattie." iii. Gertrude, \, ^ 

ii. Read. iv. WaldoW. l'^-J"'^^''9°i- 



728 

Charles Putnam' {Moses,^ Reuben,'' Thomas^ William,^ 
John," William,^ Joseph," William '), born at Chillicothe, O. ( ?), 
June 19, 1842; married Dec. 25, 1871, Lydia M. E., daughter 
of C. Egglcston, of Marietta, O. 

He has Ixen the owner of a planing-mill, residing at Stevens 
Point, Wis. 

Child : 

Percy Crumiel,'° b. Sept. 5, 1872. 



729 

George W.' {George P.,* John,'' John,^ William,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph," William'), born Dec. 6, 1862; married 
July 17, 1886, Anna M. Lower; after his death she married 
second, June 27, 1894, Wm. A. Cummings, of Oswego, N. Y. 

He died at Oswego, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1888. 

Child: 

Forest G. H.,'° b. March 6, 1887. 



346 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

730 

Peter J.' {Charles /.,' Peter,' John," William,' John," Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,^ William'), born Dec. 29, 1850; married Dec. 
17, 1877, Clara E. Peck. 

Residence, Harpersfield, N. Y. 

Child: 

Gertrude,'" b. Jan. 25, 1879. 



731 

Charles' {Ephraim A.,^ Ephraim,'' Benjamin^ Joseph,' 
John," William,^ Joseph,'' William '), born at Meriden, Ct., 
Aug. 26, 1818; married April 12, 1843, Miss Humphrey. 

Resided at McConnelsville, O. 

Children : 

i. Albert G.,'° b. May 7, 1843. 

ii. Silena M., b. March i, 1847. 

iii. Charles H., b. Dec. 4, 1848; d. Oct. 16, 1880. 

iv. Amy P., b. March 18, 185 1. 

V. Humphrey A., b. Oct. 11, 1855. 

vi. Hettie A., b. Oct. 25, 1858. 

vii. Mary E., b. May 14, 1862. 



732 

George Stanley ' {Zcra,^ Aaron,'' Benjamin,^ Joseph,' 
John," William,^ Joseph,^ William '), born at Cazenovia, N. Y., 
March 22, 1823; married in Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1846, 
Maria Antoinette, daughter of Josiah and Phila Sherwood, 
born Dec. 25, 1826. She died Nov. 18, 1888. 

He resided in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

He was a printer ; a prominent Odd Fellow. 

He died Nov. 26, 1895. 

Children : 

i. Mary Eva,'° b. July 29, 1849; m. June 25, 1885, George 
Seward Heaton; he d. at Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 21, 1906. 
ii. Charles Edmund, b. June 29, 185 1; d. Sept. 21, 1853. 
iii. Caroline Whitlock, b. Sept. 13, 1854. 
1120. iv. Edmund (changed to Edward) Jones, b. Sept. 12, 1857. 



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NINTH GENERATION 347 

733 

Halsey R. ' (f/r/,* Aaron,'' Benjamin,^ Joseph,^ John* 
William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Fenner, N. Y., Nov. 24, 
1823; married June 8, 1848, Harriet N. Hayes. 

He removed from Jasper to Ward, N. Y., in 1862. A farmer. 

Children : 

i. Albert L.,'° b. June 10, 1849; d. March 17, 1871. 

ii. Edna H., b. Aug. 13, 1850; d. Aug. 20, 1865. 

iii. Uri W., b. Jan. 24, 1853. 

iv. Emma M., b. Sept. 9, 1854; d. Jan. 18, 1856. 

V. Harriet E., b. May 29, 1856; d. Feb. 6, 1862. 

vi. Sumner J., b. July 5, 1859; d. March 17, 1876. 

vii. Halsey R., b. May 9, 1861. 

viii. Hattie A., b. Sept. 16, 1862. 

ix. George W., b. April 24, 1864. 

X. Esther M., b. Dec. 29, 1869; d. Feb. 5, 1876. 

734 

Albert 9 {Uri,^ Aaron,'' Benjamin^' Joseph,^ John,'* Will- 
iam,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Fenner, N. Y., May 13, 
1826; married Feb 15, 1844, Fanny E. Knapp, at Jasper, 

N.Y. 

Children : 

i. Amelia,'° b. April 2, 1846; m. June 10, 1868, Richard H. 

Lee, of WellsviUe, N. Y. 
ii. George E., b. Aug. 8, 1873, in East Annwell, N. J. 

735 

Alba Dimon ' {Cyrus,* Aaron,'' Benjamin^ Joseph,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Cazcnovia, N. Y., April 
14, 1830; married Mary J. Young. 

Children : 

i. Henry De Witt,'° b. Sept. 25, 1853; d. Feb. 28, 1865. 
ii. Julia E., b. April 23, 1857. 
iii. Howard A., b. Jan. 4, 1870. 



348 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

736 

Iram Zera" {Cyrus,* Aaron,'' Benjamin^ Joseph,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph," William'), born at Cazenovia, N. Y., Sept. 
7, 1832; married Marion Dewey. 

Resides at Charlevoix, Mich. ; is engaged in manufacturing. 

Children : 

i. Theodore H.," b. Sept., 1858. 
ii. Maude E., b. June, 1863. 

737 

Alvin Oscar " {Cyrus,* Aaron,'' Benjamin,^ Joseph,^ John,* 

William,^ Joseph,' William'), born ; married Eveline 

Ayer; she died September, 1885. 

He resided in Cazenovia, N. Y. 

He died Dec. 17, 1876. 

Child : 
1 125. William Ayer,'" b. Dec. 24, 1869. 

739 

Joseph B.' {Hubbard,* Joseph,' Joseph,^ Joseph,' John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born Nov. 2, 1831; married 
Dec. 25, 1854, Caroline A. Talmage. 

Residence, Meriden, Ct. 

Children : 

i. Ida,'° b. April 30, 1856. 

ii. Isaac Benjamin, b. Jan. 10, 1858. 

iii. Joseph Gilbert, b. Jan. 18, i860. 

iv. Flora E., b. Nov. 9, 1864 

V. Ezra L., b. Jan., 1869. 

vi. Adeline A., b. July 20, 1873. 

vii. Arthur, b. Jan. 29, 1876. 

740 

James Elliot' {Anson,* Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' John,* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born May 5, 1830; married 
first, Ellen Bunnel; divorced. He married second, April 10, 
1866, Mary L., daughter of Hon. William Stilley. 



NINTH GENERATION 349 

He was lighthouse-keeper on Pamb'co Sound, Portsmouth, 
N. C; resided in Beaufort County; removed to Brooklyn, 

N.Y. 

Children : 

i. Charles Edward,'" b. Nov. 12, 1862. 

ii. Camilla R., b. July, 1867. 

iii. Mary Terry, b. March, 1869. 

iv. Esther Botsford, b. Sept., 1873. 

V. William James, b. Aug. 27, 1879. 

742 

George Washington ' {Edward S.,^ Joseph 5.,' Isaac,^ 
Joseph,^ John,* William,^ Joseph' Willmm '), born in Water- 
town, Ct., July 24, 1812; married first, April 22, 1853, Adeline 
Sabra Taylor; she died Dec. 31, 1868. He married second, 
April 29, 1872, Mrs. Elizabeth Leach. 

He worked in a factory in early youth ; afterward studied 
music and became a teacher, ^\\'m% instruction in many towns 
of Western Connecticut in violin and piano as well as voice. 
Taught many "singing schools," and gave choral concerts. 
Was choir leader at the Congregational Church of South Nor- 
walk, Ct., his home, a long time. "Professor Merriam" had a 
high reputation as teacher and leader. 

He died Sept. 28, 1893. 

Children : 

1 130. i. Edward Scovill,'° b. Aug. 28, 1854. 

H31. ii. Arthur Taylor, b. Jan. 27, 1857. 

1 132. iii. Frank Irving, b. June 15, 1859. 

1133. iv. William Quintard, b. March 18, 1862. 

1 134. v. James Horace, b. Aug. 3, 1864. 

vi. Adeline Louisa, b. Aug. 9, 1866; d. March 6, 1868. 

743 

Joseph Burr " (Edward S.,^ Joseph 5.,' Isaacf' Joseph,^ 
John," William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Watertown, Ct., 
Sept. 20, 1818; married Jane Johnson. 

After his father's death he had a home in Waterbury, Ct., 
with his married sister. He studied well in the district school 
till he was able to teach winters and work on the farm summers. 



350 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Led the choir of the Baptist church, of which he was a 
member. 

He removed to Wisconsin in 1856, and carried on a farm. 
Writes clear and interesting letters from his home in Darling- 
ton, Wis., Feb. 21, 1906, telling about old and new times and 
people, not overcome by the weight of his more than eighty- 
seven years. Refers to the fact that five Merriam families 
were living neighbors in Watertown, Ct., when he was a child ; 
mentions the old saying, "Never a Merriam that cannot sing;" 
gives items of interest about six generations. "We are trying 
to keep up with the times, yet not unmindful of the hereafter 
we must meet." 

Children : 

1135. i. George Beecher,'° b. March 25, 1855. 

ii. Nettie A., b. Oct. 9, 1857; m. May 6, 1880, Faithful William 
Chapman, b. June 16, 1856. Resides in Darlington; is a 
carpenter. 

Children • 

1. Emily Cornelia Chapman, b. March 28, 1881; m. April 

S, 1899, Charles W. Peterson, farmer, of Darlington. 

Child: 
Helen Elaine Peterson, b. Sept. 4, 1905. 

2. Hannah Chapman, b. Oct. 20, 1882. 

3. Grace Chapman, b. July 11, 1885. 

4. Finette Mae Chapman, b. Dec. 13, 1887. 

5. Clinton Joseph Chapman, b. Sept. 10, 1890. 

6. Homer Dwight Chapman, b. Oct. 4, 1898. 

744 

John Woodruff « {Chester,^ Joseph,' Isaac,^ Joseph,' John,* 
William,' Joseph,' William'), born March 13, 1815; married 
Nov. 28, 1843, Harriet S. Walker, of Pittsfield, and made his 
home there. He was a carpenter. Removed to Rochester, 
N. Y.; died July 4, 1876. 

Children : 

i. Fannie A.,'° b. Nov. 4, 1844. 

ii. Tohn Wesley, b. April 18, 1846; res. Rochester, N. Y. 

iii. Julian S., b. Nov. 20, 1857; d. July 30, 1858. 



NINTH GENERATION 351 

745 

Charles Isaac' {Chester,^ Joseph 5.,' Isaac^ Joseph,^ 
John* William,^ Joseph' William "), bom at WatertowTi, Ct., 
Aug. II, 1824; married first, March 30, 1846, Lydia Ann 
Curtis, of Litchfield, Ct., born December, 1825, died Sept. 11, 
1847. He married second, June i, 1848, Caroline Hartley, 
daughter of Lewis W. and Susan Ealer, of Baltimore, Md., 
born Jan. 9, 1834. 

Resided at Waterbury, Ct., and Philadelphia, Pa. He died 
at Gettysburg, Pa., July 22, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Chester Scovill,'° b. May 18, 1847. 

ii. Franklin Ealer, b. June 22, 185 1. 

iii. Charles Pierce, b. Aug. 21, 1853; d. Nov. 13, 1854. 

iv. Lewis Walker, b. Dec. 12, 1855. 

V. Edward Stacy, b. Aug. 19, 1858. 

vi. Leila America, b. May 27, 1861. 



746 

Joseph Parker' {Daniel P.,* James,'' Isaac,'' Joseph,^ 
John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Watertown, Ct., 
Jan. 16, 1819; married first, in Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 2, 1841, 
Sarah A. Bell; she died Nov. 13, 1844. He married second, 
at Troy, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1846, Harriet Sophia Robinson, of 
North Adams, Mass., born in Cumington, Jan. 17, 1820; she 
died in Sandusky, O., March 24, 1895. 

He was a mechanical engineer, contractor, and manufacturer 
of machinery. Was in the business at Pittsfield and North 
Adams (Mass.) and at Sandusky, O., to which he removed in 
1854, and there resided the remainder of his life. 

He died Jan. 31, 1901. 

Children : 

i. James Bell,"° b. in Washington, Mass., Sept. 2, 1842; d. June 

12, 1851. 
ii. Joseph Franklin, b. in PiUsfield, June 2, d. Sept. 23, 1844. 

1 140. iii. Willis Sedgwick, b. in No. Adams, Sept. 23, 1849. 

1 141. iv. Edward George, b. in No. Adams, Dec. 5, 1850. 



352 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

V. Helen Sophia, b. in Sandusky, O., March 15, 1855; m. March 
15, 1882, Edgar M. Hoagland, of New York, son of WiUiam 
CoUins Hoagland, b. in New York City, Aug. 3, 1850; 
he was for 24 years asst. manager of the 5th Ave. Hotel, 
" a good, true Christian man." He d. Aug. 3, 1904. Mrs. 
Hoagland has been matron of Burnham House, Burnham 
School for Young Ladies, Northampton, Mass., the past year. 

1 142. vi. Robert Robinson, b. at Sandusky, O., May 29, 1858. 

1 143. vii. Walter Joseph, b. at Sandusky, O., May 10, 1863. 



747 

ScoviLL Sturgis ' {Daniel P.,^ James,'' Isaac f' Joseph,^ John,* 
William,^ Joseph," William'), born in Watertown, Ct., Feb. 7, 
1822; married at Stafford Springs, Oct. 18, 1843, Rebecca 
Bailey Capron. 

He was for eight years superintendent of a sugar plantation 
in Cuba. In the Civil War was a chief engineer in the navy. 
After an injury retired from service and constructed the first 
submarine vessel designed for use by our government at Dry 
Dock, New York City. The death of a stockholder delayed its 
completion till after the close of the war. He was in commercial 
lines in New York, Chicago, and finally at Springfield, where 
he died Sept. 12, 1886. 

Children : 

i. George Capron,'° b. at Monson, March 21, 1845 ! ^- '^^ Boston, 

May II, 1849. 
1 145. ii. Eugene Larrett, b. in Palmer, Jan. 18, 1847. 

iii. Mary Adelia, b. in Warren, May i, d. Sept. 26, 1853. 

iv. Mary Florence, b. in Warren, June 6, 1856; m. at Oak Park, 

111., Sept. 2, 1880, Francis Chapin Woodstock. 



748 

Charles Daniel ' (Daniel P.,^ James,'' Isaac^ Joseph,^ 
John,* William,^ Joseph," William'), born in Pittsfield, Oct. i, 
1835 ; married at Angola, Ind., in 1859, (MaryJ^fl^Mugg. 

He early contracted an affection of the lungs, which TimHereT 
him from vigorous activities and terminated in consumption. 
He died at Angola, Ind., Nov. 28, 1861. 



NINTH GENERATION 353 

Child: 

Mar>' Rosina,'" b. Dec. 22, i860; m. at Chicago, 111., Sept. 
8, 1884, J. Maurice Flynn. 

Children : 

1. Maurice William Flvnn, b. in New York, April 8, d. Oct. 

3> 1885- 

2. Mary Rosina Flynn, b. in Chicago, 111., June 8, 1890. 



749 

Russell Beers ' {Daniel P.,* James,' Isaac^ Joseph,^ John* 
William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Pittsfield, Nov. 2, 1842; 
married at Binghamton, N. Y., April 30, 1863, on furlough, 
Jennie S. Brown. 

He enlisted in the 137th N. Y. volunteer infantry, July g, 
1862; chosen first sergeant, Sept. 4, 1862; served in the 12th 
Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Was taken prisoner at 
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and confined at Libby and Belle 
Isle prisons till Sept. 29, 1863, when paroled and detained at 
parole camp near Annapolis till exchanged. Detailed as chief 
clerk at headquarters; commissioned first lieutenant of 94th 
N. Y. volunteer infantry, and served as A. A. A. Gen. of Third 
Brigade, 5th Army Corps. Was mustered out July 18, 1865. 
Lived at Binghamton, N. Y., till 1884. He resided in Chicago, 
111., till 1905, when he removed to Madison, Wis. Is with the 
Wisconsin Music Company. 

Children : 

i. Harriet Marie,'° b. July 17, 1865. 

ii. Minnie Rosina, b. Jan. i, 1867; m. at Chicago, III., Jan. 12, 
1898, Ernest George Rowe, b. in Canada, April 6, 1866. 

Children : 

1. Helen Merriam Rowe, b. Oct. 20, 1898. 

2. Marion Elinor Rowe, b. Feb. 15, d. Aug. 30, 1900. 

iii. Maude Sedgwick, b. Dec. 17, 1879; m. at Chicago, 111., April 
19, 1900, Frederick Franklin Teal, b. Jan. 21, 1874. 

Children : 

1. Dorothy Merriam Teal, b. in Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 30, 1901. 

2. Frederick Franklin Teal, Jr., b. in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 

I, 1904. 



354 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

750 

De Witt Clinton' (Royal G.,^ Daniel D.,' Marshall,^ 
Joseph,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Cham- 
pion, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1853. He was in law practice at Chicago, 
111., about twenty years; now (1906) living at Long Beach, 
Cal. 



761 

Seward Lincoln' {Royal G.,^ Daniel D.,' Marshall,^ Jo- 
seph,' John,'* William,' Joseph,' William'), born at Romeo, 
Mich., March 18, 1861 ; married at Port Huron, Mich., July 
16, 1888, Martha S. Anderson. 

He was prosecuting attorney of St. Clair County, Michigan, 
1888-90; mayor of Port Huron, Mich., 1893-94; now in 
law practice in Detroit, Mich. 

754 

William E. ' (Stephen /.,* Sylvester,'' Marshall,'' Joseph,' 
John,* William,' Joseph,' William'), born at La Grange, O., 
Aug. 22, 1843; married Sept. 22, 1863, Rachel Stroup. 

He enlisted in September, 1864, in Battery E, Light Artillery; 
took part in the battles of Lookout Mt., Mission Ridge, and 
Nashville, Tenn. He died Oct. 26, 1879. 

Children : 

i. Ella," b. June 22, 1864. 
ii. Lizzie, b. June 14, 1870. 

755 

Royal H. ' (Stephen /.,*• Sylvester,'' Marshall,'' Joseph,' 
John,* William,' Joseph,' William '), born at La Grange, O., 
Sept. 3, 1853 ; married March 23, 1873, Susan P. Hastings. 

Children : 

i. Edith M.,"° Nov. 17, 1873. 
ii. Stephen L., b. Aug. 31, 1877. 
iii. Flora H., b. July 15, 1880. 



NINTH GENERATION 355 

758 

Charles Anthony' {Eurolus D.,^ Sylvester,'' Marshall^ 
Joseph,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born in La 
Grange, O., Aug. 29, 1862; married April 29, 1886, Belle, 
daughter of Bela and Catherine (Becker) Jackson, born at 
Natural Bridge, N. Y. 

He is a farmer and poultry grower, residing at La Grange, O. 

Children : 

i. Ralph Everett,'" b. April 24, i8go. 

ii. Guevera Belah, b. May 11, 1893. 

iii. Lois Belle, b. April 14, 1898. 

iv. Glenn Frank, b. June 25, 1902. 

769 

Albert' {William,^ John,'' John,'' John,' John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' IVilliam'), lx)rn at Barton, Vt., July, 1813; married 
Fanny Rcath, of Thompson, Ct. 

Child : 

Persis,'° b. 1852; m. Warren Dustin. 



7 GO 

WiLLL\M ' {William,^ John,' John,^ John,' John,* Joseph,' 
Joseph,' William '), torn at Barton, Vt., Oct. 16, 1815 ; married 
March 27, 1839, Charlotte B. Phillips. 

Residence, Glover, Vt. 

Children : 

i. Hortense Emma,'" b. Nov. 3, 1841; d. July 7, 1846. 

ii. Josephine D., b. Aug. 12, 1844; m. Dec. 31, 1864, Ethan 
E. Foster; res. Barton, Vt. 

iii. Clara A., b. Sept. 26, 1846; m. April 29, 1867, Leonard W. 
Foster; she d. Jan. 28, 1875. 

iv. Hortense, b. July 29, 1848; m. May 5, 1869, Loomis E. Stan- 
ton. ' t,^ 

V. William A., b. Nov. 26, 1850. ,' .j 

vi. T. Luella, b. Jan. 22, 1852; d. Nov. 6, 1867. ' 

vii. Julia A., b. Oct. 26, 1856; m. June 2, 1875, Dwight J. Dwinell. 



356 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

765 

Samuel French ^ (Samuel,^ John,'' John^ Jonas,' John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William '), born at Waltham, Dec. 21, 1810; 
married first, at Uxbridge, Dec. 15, 1833, Philena Murdock; 
married second, May 18, 1836, Mary Kimball Fay. He married 
third, June 9, 1883, Mrs. Mary W. Holt. 

Child: 

George Nixon,'° b. Dec. 26, 1834. Removed to Minneapolis. 

767 

Harrison G. R.« (Abel H.,^ John,'' John,^ Jonas,' John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Waltham about 1849; 
married there July 10, 1876, Francena D., daughter of Sam- 
uel D. and Martha A. Adams. 

Residence, Waltham. 

Children : 

i. Minnie F.,'° b. Nov. 8, 1876. 

ii. George Harrison, b. July 15, 1880. 

iii. A daughter, b. May 14, 1884. 

773 

WiLLL\M H. 9 {Lol,^ Lot,'' John,'' Jonas,' John,-* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born at Charlestown ; married Caroline 



I 



Resided in Charlestown. 

Children : 

i. George Henry ,'° b. Feb. 2, 1850. 

ii. Emma Caroline, b. Feb. 22, 1854; d. March 30, 1855. 

iii. Ida Maria, b. Feb. 4, 1856; m. June 17, 1874, James W. 

Flye, b. in Winslow, Me. ; res. in Boston, 
iv. Ella A., b. 1861 ; m. Sept. 16, 1885, Charles L. Perry. 
1 149. V. Walter G., b. in 1863. 

vi. Annie Lizzie, b. Aug. 31, 1864; d. July 19, 1865. 

774 

George Henry ' (Elisha,^ Elisha,'' John,'' John,' John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, Sept. 29, 1839; 
silversmith; married in Boston, Sept. 29, 1859, Susan Waite, 
daughter of Eben P. Gould, born in Boston, 1840. 



NINTH GENERATION 357 



Children : 



i. A daughter, b. in Boston, April 17, 1858. 

ii. Georgietta Parker,"° b. in Boston, April 3, 1862; d. at Chelsea, 
Jan. 31, 1865. 

iii. Etta L., b. in Chelsea, Oct. 22, 1866; m. in Princeton, Nov. 
28, 1885, Charles W., son of Ebenezer A. and Margaret 
(Hunt) Crittenden, b. in N. S., res. at Gloucester. 
1150. iv. George H., b. in Boston, March 4, 1870. 

V. W'illiam Elmer, b. at Princeton, Aug. 20, 1872. 



775 

William Henry » (William,^ James,'' John^ Jonas,^ John," 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born at Peterlxjro, N. H., July 
16, 1826; married Feb. 24, 1851, Maria A. Buell, torn in New- 
port, N. H., about 1830. He was of the firm of Scudder, 
Merriam & Co., auctioneers, Boston. 

Children : 

i. William Loring,'° b. March 25, d. Dec. 7, 1859. 

ii. Fanny Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1864. 

iii. Nellie Maria, b. April 5, d. Sept. 5, 1866. 

778 

Frederick William' {Loring,'' James,'' John^ Jonas,' 
John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Charlemont, July 
6, 1844; married Nov. 25, 1869, Flora J., daughter of Orrick 
and Sophia Packard, born Dec. 13, 1844. 

He enlisted as a private in Co. B, S2d Regt., Mass. Vol. Inf., Sept. 
2, 1861, and served till mustered out, Aug. 14, 1863. 

He is an architect; has been an officer in the state militia 
and reached the rank of Colonel Mass. volunteer militia ; is a 
member of the inspection department of the Slate police, oflice 
at the State-house, Boston. 



Child: 



Grace Arlene,'° b. in Shelbume, Jan. 10, 1871; m. at North 
Adams, April 25, 1894, Clayton S. Colvin, division supt. 
National Express Co. at Troy, N. Y., at this time. 

Child: 

Frederick Merriam Colvin, b. at North Adams, July 26, 1895. 



358 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

780 

John Percy ' (Loring,^ James,'' John^ Jonas,^ John* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph," William '), born in Charlemont, July 26, 1853; 
married Jan. 15, 1879, Emma Roxana, daughter of David S. 
and Esther Thayer, born March 5, 1858. 

He resided at Charlemont some years ; is now the agent of 
the National Express Co. at Orange. 

Children : 

i. Percy Frederick,'" b. May 5, 1880; d. Oct. 5, 1882. 

ii. Laura McClellan, b. June 18, d. Sept. 23, 1882. 

iii. Louis Thayer, b. Nov. 20, 1883. 

iv. Philip Wilder, b. Sept. 21, 1887. 

V. Janette Clair, b. June 5, 1889; d. Sept. 28, 1891. 

785 

William Newell ' (Lewis,^ James,'' John,'' Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Boston, Nov. 21, 1863; 
married Caroline J. Horton, born in Malone, N. Y. 

He is a manufacturer of hardvi^are and dealer in shoe findings 
in Boston, residing at Brookline. 

Children : 

i. Horton Cooke,'° b. Feb. 10, 1888. 

ii. Adeline, b. April 15, 1894. 

iii. William Newell, b. Dec. 19, 1896. 

786 

Edward C. ' {Clark J.,* James,'' John^ Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born Dec. 19, 1849; married at 
Ware, March 30, 1875, Isabella, daughter of Isaac and Ann 
Dawson, born in Barre, 1853; he was then residing at Ware. 

Child: 

Mildred J.,'° b. June 1, 1878. 

790 

William' (William,^ William,'' William^ Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Sterling, May 5, 1826; 
married Jan. i, 1851, Adeline, daughter of Calvin and Lucy 
Foster. 



I 



NINTH GENERATION 359 

He was a farmer and cattle dealer, residing in Sterling. He 
died May 27, 1880. 

Children : 

1153. i. William,'° b. at West Boylston, May 10, 1862 
ii. Calla. 

791 

Francis' (William,^ William,'' William^ Jmias,^ John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Sterling, April 22, 1829; 
married Dec. 19, 1852, Lucy, daughter of Joel and Deliverance 
Walker, born in Holden in 1832. 

Resides in West Boylston (Sterling Junction P. O.)- Is a 
farmer and has also dealt in cattle. 

Children : 

i. Nellie G.,'° b. in 1855; m. Feb. 14, 1873, Aaron Goodale, 

Jr., of West Boylston. 
ii. Ilattie L., b. (June 2, 1856); d. May 15, 1872, " a;. 15 years, 

II months, 13 days." 
iii. Edward Francis, b. Jan. 11, 1858. Resides in Denver, Colo.; 

dealer in real estate. 



792 

Charles' {William,* William,'' William,^ Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Sterling, Nov. 8, 1838; 
married Oct. 9, 1862, Mary Anna Cool. 

He became a school-teacher, taught in New Jersey. He 
enlisted in the Union army ; was first lieutenant ; was wounded 
at the battle of Williamsburg, and died July 6, 1865. 

Child: 

William,'" d. in early life. 

793 

Foster Timothy' (William,^ William,^ Willi-am,^ Jonas,* 
John,* Joseph,^ Joseph," William '), bom in Sterling, March 
24, 1840; married in Coleraine, Feb. 27, 1862, Roxanna Har- 
riet, daughter of Austin and Huldah Ware, of Coleraine, born 
in 1838. 



360 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was named Timothy Foster and so called in his life at 
home; in mature years he was called and gave his name as 
"Foster T." 

He resided some years at Coleraine ; removed to Worcester, 
then to Paxton, afterward to Rutland. 

Children : 

i. Charles F.,'° b. May 22, 1863; d. Jan. i, 1864. 

ii. Joseph B., b. at Worcester, Dec. 14, 1865. 

iii. Lewis Clayton, b. at Paxton, Nov. 11, 1871. 

iv. Nettie Gazelle, b. at Pa.^ton, Aug. 11, 1873; m. at Worces- 
ter, Nov. 4, i8g6, Frank, son of Henry and Mary Kirk, 
b. in England in 1873; '" f'l^ ice business. 

V. Hattie Louise, b. in Rutland Oct. 25, 1825. 



794 

George ' {William,^ William,'' William,^ Jonas,^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born at Sterling, April 6, 1843; 
married at Townsend, Nov. 14, 1866, Martha A., daughter of 
Samuel and Asenath (Adams) Graham, born in Leominster 
in 1843. 

He was then a farmer at West Boylston; removed to Fitz- 
william, N. H. He died Oct. 24, 1901. 

Children : 

i. Alvan.'° 
ii. Elmer. 
1155. iii. Charles Dana, b. at Fitzwilliam, N. H., in 1868. 



795 

Abel 9 {William,^ William,'' William^ Jonas,^ John,'* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph," William^), born in Sterling, March 22, 1847; 
married in Winchendon, Jan. 20, 1870, Sarah Emma, daughter 
of Albert and Abigail (Wood) Brown, born in Dedham, Me., 
March 25, 1843. 

He was engaged in mechanical pursuits. He died Nov. 23, 



Child: 
1156. Albert William,'° b. at Royalston, Aug. 26, 1872. 



NINTH GENERATION 361 

796 

Levi Foster' {Abel,* William,'' William^ Jonas, ^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Keene, X. H., Feb. 24, 
1827 ; married May, 1848, Susan Benson, of Jamestown, N. Y. ; 
she died September, 1895. 

Was a manufacturer of sashes, doors, and bhnds at Falconer, 
N. Y., for twenty years. His son Forest T. continued the busi- 
ness. He died July 5, 1873. 

Children : 

i. Forest T.,'° b. in Jamestown, N. Y., March, 1849; m. Feb., 

1875, Lorinda Seeley, of Ellicott, N. Y. 
ii. Lucius E., b. April, 1853; m. Nov., 1874, Agnes Rexford. 
iii. Frank O., b. May, 1856; m. Carrie Wood, 
iv. Jennie F., b. May, 1858; m. Feb., 1879, William Conic. 
V. Burt F., b. April, 1861; m. Marj' Tracy, 
vi. Lillie M., b. April, 1870. 

79(ia 

Timothy O.' {Abel,* William,'' William,^ Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,'^ Joseph," William^), born in Norwich, N. Y., Dec. 18, 
1830; married November, 1857, Euscba Stockwell, of Poland, 
N. Y.; she died Aug. 1, 1895. 

Resided at Falconer, N. Y. ; was in business with his brother. 

Children: 

i. Fred D.,'° b. Nov., 1858; m. Jan. 15, 1880, Belle, dau. of Otis 

Simmons, of Jamestown, N. Y. 
ii. Claude B., b. Sept. i, 1862; d. Oct., 1864. 

79«b 

William A.' {Abel,* William,'' William,'' Jonas,' John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Jamestown, N. Y., 
April 14, 1835; married first, Hannah Jones, of Busti, N. Y. ; 
married second, Maria Jones. 

He was a Methodist Episcopal minister in Erie Conference, 
N. Y. ; he died March, 1895. 

Children : 

i. Belle,'° m. Alva English, of Kinzoo, Pa. 

ii. Nellie (of second wife), m. Mattocks. 



362 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

797 

Andrew Jackson ' {William,^ Jonathan,'' William^ Jonas,^ 
John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Camden, Me., 
March 4, 1833; married in August, 1863, Harriet P. Loring, 
born in Perry, Me. 

He went to California in 185 1; was miner, ranchman, and 
then newspaper man. Returned to the East in 1863; lived 
in Boston, and went again to California, making his home in 
San Francisco. 

Children : 

i. Hattie Maria,"° b. July 6, 1864. 
ii. Ella Parker, b. about 1866. 
iii. Herbert Loring, b. June 19, 1867. 
iv. William, b. 1870. 

797a 

William Parker « {William,^ Jonathan,'' William,^ Jonas,^ 
John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Camden, Me., 
Aug. 18, 1836; married first. Miss White; married second, 
Miss McMahon. 

Resided at San Francisco, Cal. ; long a clerk in the recorder's 
office. 

Child: 

Emma.'° 

797b 

Franklin Gleason' {William,^ Jonathan,'' William,^ 
Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Camden, 
Me., Aug. 18, 1851; married Sept. 26, 1878, Helen M., 
daughter of Dea. J. W. Small, born at Rockport, Me. 

Residence, Boston. Had a position in the Court-house 
some time, later in the National Exchange Bank. 

Children : 

i. Jessie Rosamond,'" b. Aug. 25, 1879. 
ii. Georgie Delphina, b. Aug. 12, 1882. 

805 

Jonas' (Jonas,^ Abraham,'' Abraham,^ Jonas, ^ John,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, March 10, 1805; 
married first, Sophronia M. Bennett, born April 2, 1809, died 
Feb. 23, 1866. 



NINTH GENERATION 363 

He married second, Jan. 25, 1855, Mary J. Fuller, born in 
Lyndeboro, N. H., Nov. i, 1827. 

He was a merchant. Removed to Billerica. He died Feb. 
23, 1866. The estate wsls administered by the widow for her 
benefit and that of her stepchildren, Harriet B. Vinal, Mary E., 
and George Merriam (he was then of San Francisco, Cal.) , 
and her minor children, Jonas A. and Helen L. 

Children: 

i. Harriet Bennett,'° b. in Boston, Aug. 27, 1834; m. George 

W. Vinal. 
ii. George, b. Oct. 24, 1835; d. in Cal. unm. 1872. 
iii. Mary E., " b. in Billerica," 1839; m. in Charlestown, Dec. 

19, 1867, George H. W. Herrick, physician, his second 

marriage. She d. Nov. 23, i86g. 
iv. Caroline Augusta, b. April 13, 1844; d. Oct. 12, 1845. 
1165. V. Jonas Arthur (of Jonas, Jr., and Marj' J. [Fuller]), b. Jan. 

29, 1856. 
vi. Helen Louise, b. (of Jonas, Jr., and Mary J. [Fuller]), May 

28, 186 1 ; m. Oct. 10, 1887, Ephraim L. Rich, of Providence, 

R. I., his second marriage. 



806 

Francis B.' (Jonas,^ Abraham,^ Abraham,^ Jonas,' John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), horn in Boston, Feb. 3, 1813; 
married Mary W. Sawyer. 

He died Jan. 24, 1840. 

Children : 

i. Francis B.'° 

ii. Susan E.; m. Doctor Sawyer. 



811 

Ephraim' (Ephraim,^ Abraham,'' Abraham,'' Jonas,' John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born Feb. 20, 1824; married 
Martha, daughter of George and Rosanna (Gore) Curtis, born 
at Edgecomb, Me. She outlived her husband, and died April 
13, 1897, X. 76 years, 10 months, 24 days. 

He resided in Boston. He died Sept. 7, 1883. 



364 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. Elinor Louise,'° b. Jan. 20, 1850; m. at West Roxbury, Sept. 

26, 1872, A. Spaulding, son of J. Gardner and Anna J. 

Weld, b. in St. Louis, a clerk at W. R. 
ii. Susie Lavinia, b. July 11, 1852. 
iii. Walter Spooner, b. April 27, 1856. 
iv. Edith Martha, b. at West Ro.xbury, Nov. 20, i860. 



812 

Isaac F.' (Ephraim,^ Abraham,'' Abraham f' Jonas, ^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in Boston, 1825; mar- 
ried Feb. 5, 1852, Maria L., daughter of Gamahel Fisher, 
born at Edgartown, 1829. He was a shoe dealer, residing in 
Boston. He died Dec. 15, 1866, se. 41. 

Child : 

Francis Charles,'° b. Nov. 24, d. Dec. 31, 1852. 



813 

Jacob' (Ephraim,^ Abraham,'' Abraham,^ Jonas, ^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston in 1828; married 
Nov. 4, 185 1, Mary Atwood, daughter of Chandler Robbins, 
born in Plymouth in 1831. 

Children : 

i. James 0.,'° b. July, d. Aug. 23, 1842. 
1171. ii. Jacob Winthrop, b. May 9, 1852. 



814 

Samuel 9 {Ezra,^ Ezra,'' Abraham^ Jonas, ^ John,'^ Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William'), born at Mason, N. H., July 29, 1819; 
married April 15, 1844, Sybil Ann Preston, born at New Ips- 
wich, N. H., Oct. 19, 1820. 

He was first a tinman; then a manufacturer of furniture; 
later an agent of Bethesda Spring Water Co. for New England, 
at Leominster. 

Child : 

Edward P.,'° b. at Fisherville, N. H., Nov. 27, 1853; grad. 
Harv. Coll., 1877; was in Census Dept., Washington, D. C. 



NINTH GENERATION 365 

816 

John Milton' (Ezra,^ Ezra,'' Abraham,^ J anas, ^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Mason, N. H., 1827; 
married at Fitchburg, Nov. 24, 1853, Almira, daughter of 
Nathan and Catherine Prescott, born in Concord in 1832. 
She married second, in Marlborough, Nov. 10, 1891, Addison 
J. Spaulding, s:. 62, residing in Leominster. 

817 

Artemas ' (Josiah,^ Ezra,'' Abraham^ Jonas, ^ John,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,'' William'), born Oct. 14, 1814; married first, 
June 16, 1842, Anna, daughter of Jeremiah and Angelina Fogg, 
of Deerficld, N. H. ; she died in 1869. He married second, 
about 1873, Elizabeth, widow of Albert Hill, of Exeter, Me. 

Resided in Garland, Me. He died Feb. 25, 189 1. 

Children : 

1 174. i. Leander Otis,'° b. May 5, 1843. 

1175. ii. Charles Enoch, b. Sept. 12, 1845. 

iii. Sarah Louisa, b. Nov. 4, 1847; "i- '" 1873, Edward P. East- 
man, of I'etticodiac, N. B. 
Children: 

1. Annie W. Eastman. 

2. Horace Eastman. 

3. Arthur Eastman. 

4. Robert Eastman. 

818 

Charles Ellery ' {Josiah,^ Ezra,' Abraham^' Jonas,^ 
John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Mason, N. H., 
Oct. 20, 1828; married May 5, 1858, Eleanor W., daughter of 
Robert and Sally (Saunders) Seward. 

He was a farmer; resided at Garland, Me. He died Feb. 
2, 1899. 

819 

George P.'' (Josiah,^ Ezra,' Abraham^ Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Garland, Me., 1831 ; 
married first, in Lynn, Feb. 24, 1855, Priscilla A., daughter 
of George D. Tufts, torn in Lynn in 1833. 

He married second, in Lynn, Dec. 21, 1896, Rose A., daughter 
of William and Caroline Ripley, born in Maine in 1840. 



366 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

820 

Joseph Snow' (Zadock,^ Ezra,'' Abraham,'' Jonas,'* John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Goshen, N. H., Feb. 28, 
1832 ; married in Hubbardston, Nov. 3, 1857, Angelina, daugh- 
ter of James Harvey and Charlotte Hartv^rell, born in 1839. 

He learned the trade of tinman and worked at Hubbardston. 
Removed to Templeton, where he died July 16, 1864. The 
widow married second, Sept. 15, 1868, John R. Wesby. 

Children : 

i. Hattie Josephine,'" b. July 25, 1859; d. Aug. 22, 1862. 
ii. A daughter, b. March 14, d. 15, 1862. 



822 

Benjamin F.' {Benjamin,^ Ezra,'' Abraham,'' Jonas, ^ John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Ashburnham, Sept. 7, 
1833; married June 26, 1851, Sarah W., daughter of Joseph 
and Azuba Tubbs, born in Peterborough, N. H., Aug. 12, 
1826 ; died March i, 1879. Was a remarkably sympathetic and 
helpful woman, and of great devotion to God and man. 

]\Ir. Merriam was a tinsmith and stove dealer in Peter- 
borough and Marlborough, N. H. He died Nov. 27, 1865. 

Children : 

i. Frank Irving,'° b. Aug. 3, 1852. 

ii. Joseph Sumner, b. March 17, 1854. 

iii. Maria Louisa, b. March 16, 1857; d. Oct. 8, 1873. 

iv. Susan Ann, b. May 3, d. May 25, 1859. 

V. Mary Annabelle, b. June 26, i860; d. Feb. 11, 1865. 

vi. Rosa Tubbs, b. June 20, 1862; d. June 25, 1865. 

1176. vii. Henry Zadoc, b. in Winchester, N. H., July 14, 1865. 



823 

Jacob A. " (Silas, ^ Silas,'' Abraham,'' Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William '), born Feb. 28, 1824; married Feb. 10, 1847, 
Elizabeth Skinner. 

He resided some time in Lowell ; was a mechanic. He died 
at Lowell, Aug. 18, 1875. 



NINTH GENERATION 367 

Children : 

i. Annie C.,'° b. 1847; "i- Oct. 31, 1874, Charles, son of Myron 
and Sarah P. Wilmot, of Boston. 

ii. Mary Isabella, b. Sept. 11, 1853; m. Nov. 9, 1876, Benja- 
min Benoit, physician, of Lawxence, b. in Canada. 
1 177. iii. Arthur W., b. 1859. 

824 

George B.' (Silas,^ Silas,'' Abraham,'' Jonas,^ John* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph," William'), born Nov. 19, 1826; married Sept. 
14, 1847, Naomi Bracket!, of Epsom, Vt.; she died Jan. 
24, 1871. 

A blacksmith in Lowell. 

Children : 

i. Frank B.,-° b. Oct. i, 1848. 

ii. Ada E., b. May 23, 1851; a teacher. 

iii. Mary F., b. Sept. 11, 1853. 

825 

Albert Elliott '' (Cheney,* Silas,- Abraham,'' Jonas,^ John,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William '), lx)rn in Danbury, N. H., May 30, 
1834 ; clerk, residing in Charlestown ; married there, May 6, 
1858, Ophelia, daughter of William H. and Emeline D. Rob- 
bins, born in Cambridge, in 1838. 

He died at South Reading, July 13, 1865, bequeathing his 
estate to his father Cheney F. and his mother Sarah M. Merriam, 
of Charlestown, and to his wife Ophelia. 

Child: 

Albert Hinds,'° b. July 27, 1861; d. Feb. 23, 1862. 

833 

Andrew Nixon ' {James Nixoti,^ Andrew,'' Silas,^ Jonas,' 
John,* Joseph,' Joseph,' William '), born in Middleton, Aug. 
14, 1849; married at Cambridge, April 23, 1872, Emily Flor- 
ence, daughter of Henry and Abbie L. (Gibbs) Potter, Iwrn in 
Cambridge, 1851. He became a shoe manufacturer in 
Middleton. He died Feb. 12, 1891. 

Child: 

Philip Nixon,'" b. in Cambridge, March 14, 1873. 



368 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

834 

William Stewart ' (William A.,^ Andrew,^ Silas,^ Jonas, ^ 
John," Joseph,^ Joseph' William^), born in Middleton, 
1853; married there, July 6, 1876, Annie L., daughter of 
Cyrus K. and Carohne (Gould) Wilkins, of Middleton, born 
in 1853. 

He removed to Minneapolis, Minn., and engaged in business 
as a commission merchant. 

835 

Frank Nixon' {William A.,^ Andrew,'' Silas,'' Jonas,^ 
John," Joseph,^ Joseph," William '), born in Middleton in 1864; 
removed to Ventura, Cal. ; married July 20, 1892, Mary H., 
daughter of James and Margaret Reid, born in Dorchester 
in 1866; a school-teacher in Boston. 

He was graduated at Williams College in 1888, Hartford 
Theological Seminary in 1892 ; is a Congregational minister, 
pastor at Turner's Falls from 1898. 

Child: 

Elizabeth S.,'° b. at Montague, Aug. 5, 1899. 

836 

Chauncey 9 {(Rujus,^ Jesse,'' Ebenezer,^ Ehenezer,^ John,'' 
Joseph,^ Joseph,"" William''), born in Orange, April 10, 1817; 
married first, at Northfield, Jan. 9, 1844, Fanny, daughter of 
Elijah Alexander, of Northfield; she died Sept. 15, 1874. He 
married second, at Hinsdale, N. H., still residing at Orange, 
Nov. 15, 1876, Emily A., daughter of James Barney (or Varney), 
38, born March 9, 1839. 

Resided at Orange; died June 11, 1882. 

Children : 

i. Flora Janette,' b. in Orange, Nov. 19, 1846; m. at Peters- 
ham, April 13, 1865, Herbert C. Davis, farmer, 19, of Orange, 
son of Isaac and Elsie A. Davis, b. in Canaan, N. H. 
iiSi. ii. Rufus, b. March 21, 1852. 
1 182. iii. Amos A., b. Nov. 18, 1857. 

iv. Fanny Adelia, b. May 3, 1859; m. July 23, 1880, William 

Johnson. 
V. James, b. Dec. 24, 1878; d. Aug. 21, 1879. 



NESITH GENERATION 369 

837 

Lansford ' {Benjamin,^ Jesse,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born Aug. 4, 1809; married May 
5, 1836, Susan Young, of Petersham, born about 181 1; she 
survived him and married second, Cyrus Merriam (No. 463). 

Resided at Orange; was a blacksmith. He died Sept. i8, 
1845. 

Child : 
1 183. Charles Andrews," b. Dec. 18, 1838. 

838 

Darwin' {Benjamin,^ Jesse,'' Ebenezer^ Ehenezer,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Orange, Dec. 29, 1822; 
married Nov. 26, 1847, Nancy, daughter of Stephen and Mary 
Mayo, and widow of Wales Cheney, born Aug. 4, 1810; she 
died June 7, 1894. He was a farmer in Orange. 

He died March ii, 1899. 

Child: 

Orra Annctlc,'° b. Sept. 16, 1850. Resides in Orange. 

839 

Orrin ' {Jesse,* Jesse,'' Ehenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph," William '), born in New Salem, June 24, 1822 ; married 
at Enfield, April 28, 1852, Fanny A., daughter of Jesse and 
Hannah Tinkham, born in 1833. He was a cutter in the shoe 
business, residing then at Athol. 

Children : 

i. Henry Warren, h. Oct. 11, 1853; m. Nov. 18, 1880, Dora 
Wright, of Bellows Falls, Vt. 

ii. Jennie Estellc, b. June 20, 1859; m. Dec. 31, 1879, Cyrus 
E., son of John and Elizabeth Smith, tinsmith, b. in Rich- 
mondville, N. Y., res. in Worcester; rem. to Athol. 

840 

RuFUS King ' (Amos,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John,* 
Joseph,'' Joseph," William'), born in Sutton, June 29, 1819; 
married in Worcester, March 13, 1845, Eliza Ann, daughter of 
Moses Clement, born in 1824. 



370 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was a town officer in Sutton several times, and deacon of 
the Baptist church. He removed to Millbury. 

Children : 

1 185. i. Frederick H. C, b. March 15, 1846. 

ii. Lucina King, b. Dec. 9, 1848; m. June 29, 187 1, Frank A., 
son of Ralph and Emily Durkee, of Ashford, Ct. She d. 
Feb. 23, 1872. 

iii. Charles Albert, b. Oct. 9, d. Dec. 17, 1852. 

1 186. iv. Henry Trowbridge, b. May 18, 1855. 



841 

David' (Artenias,^ Ehcnezcr,'' Ebenczer^ Ehenezer,^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in Oxford, Dec. 12, 1829; 
married in Worcester, Jan. 6, 1858, Mary, daughter of Jesse 
and Mary (Stevens) Lamb, born in 1838. (Her sister Diantha 
married Luke A. Merriam, of Woonsocket, R. L) He resided 
on the old homestead; was several years a selectman of the 
town. 

Children : 

i. Mary Alice,'° b. Sept. 2, i860. 

ii. Jane A., b. April 20, 1864; d. May 10, 1885. 

842 

Ira 9 {Parley,^ Ehenezer,'' Ehcnezer^ Ebenezer,^ John,'* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' Williain'), born in Oxford (Mass.), Aug. 22, 1826; 
married in Waupun, Wis., Sept. 9, 1852, Emily Franklin. 

He was a farmer ; removing with his father's family to Wis- 
consin, he made his home in Waupun, and spent most of his 
life there. 

He died in Pasadena, Cal., Aug. 31, 1901. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Eva,'° b. July 16, 1853; m. Dec. 22, 1880, Eugene C. 
Griffith; res. Pasadena, Cal. 

Child: 

Leigh Merriam Griffith, b. Jan. 15, 1882; m. Nov. 24, 1903, 
Laurena M. Hansen. 
1 188. ii. William Nelson, b. Jan. 31, i860. 



NINTH GENERATION 371 

813 

Nelson ' {Parley,^ Ehenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born at Butternuts, N. Y., May 
20, 1832; married Nov. 20, 1872, Ellen Boardman. 

He was a farmer at Waupun, Wis. 

He died April 28, 1888. 

Children : 

i. Hugh Nelson,'° 1). June 19, 1874; grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 
in the civil engineering course; is in the employ of the Ca- 
nadian Pacific R. R. 
1189 ii. Ray Carleton, b. Jan. 14, 1877. 

iii. Parley Boardman, b. Jan. 20, 1880; assistant to his eldest 

brother in railroad work, 
iv. Henry Lowell Buttcrfield, b. June 7, 1882; is farming in the 
State of Washington. 

844 

Ezra Gleason '> {Cyril,'' Ehenezer,'' Ebenezcr,'' Ebenezer,^ 
John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Auburn, Sept. 12, 
1831 ; married in Sutton, March 30, 1858, Almira, daughter of 
John W. and Dolly Whipple, of Sutton, born in 1835. He 
resided then in North Brookficld. 

He died of consumption Jan. 17, t86i. The widow married 
second, July 14, 1870, Henry A. Kcndrick, of Rowc. 

Child : 

Willie Whipple,'" b. Jan. 10, i860; d. Feb. 20, 1861. 

846 

Albert Elliot ' (/ra," Ebenezcr,'' Ebenezcr,^' Ebenezer,^ 
John,* Joseph,* Joseph,' William'), born in O.xford, Sept. 20, 
1843; married first, Sept. 20, 1869, Abbie A., daughter of 
Loriston and Clarissa (Eddy) Shumway; she died Aug. 7, 
1870. He married second, June i, 1876, Minnie F., daughter 
of Daniel and Hannah Warner, born in 1853. 

He learned the business of a merchant tailor; residence, 
O.xford. 

Child: 
1191. Robert Converse,'" b. June 30, 1870. 



372 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

847 

Jesse Irving ' {Wright S.,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ 
John,"* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Oxford, Sept. 29, 
1852; married in Worcester, Sept. 30, 1873, Edna E., daughter 
of John and Sarah Clark, born in Charlton, 1854, living in 
Oxford. 

Children : 

1192. i. Harry Wright,'° b. in Oxford, Feb. 27, 1875. 

1 193. ii. Arthur I., b. Feb. 5, 1877. 
iii. Walter E., b. Sept. 30, 1878. 
iv. Flossie Luella, b. and d. 1880. 

V. William Ralph, b. Oct. 14, 1895. 



848 

Frank E.' (Wright S.,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ 
John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Oxford, Feb. 11, 
1858; married in Boston, May i, 1884, NeUie, daughter of 
William and Mary Daley, of Leicester. 

He is a farmer at Oxford. 

Child: 

Herbert Stockwell," b. April 26, 1885. 



851 

Leonard Brooks ' (Lewis,^ William,'' Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer,^ 
John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Houlton, Me., 
Aug. 3, 1835; married Dec. 15, 1858, Susan S., daughter of 
John H. and Dorcas B. (Williams) Jones, born Aug. 4, 1838. 

Residence, Houlton, Me., many years; was in the lumber 
business. Removed to Spokane, Wash. ; is a jeweler. 

Children : 

1 195. i. Charles Herbert,'" b. Nov. 10, 1859. 

1196. ii. Willis Henry, b. April 24, 1861. 



111. 
iv. 



Leonard Frank, }, r\ ^ o^o 

c 17 . ' f b. Oct. 29, 1868; 

Susan Fannie, > y > 



Leonard Frank served in the Spanish American War; res. at 
Spokane, Wash. Susan Fannie d. June 15, 1872. 
v. Una Frances, b. Sept. 23, 1876. 




LEONARD ItUOOKS MKKKIAM 



NINTH GENERATION 373 

852 

Henry Clay» (Leuns,^ William,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ 
John," Joseph,' Joseph,' William '), born at Houlton, Me., 
Nov. 13, 1837; married first, Jan. 16, 1866, Lucy Jane, daugh- 
ter of Eleazer and Jane (Clark) Getchell, of Waterville, Me. 
She was drowned in a cloud-burst at midnight, April 24, 1870, 
on the Staked Plains of Texas, her little daughter perishing 
with her. He married second, in 1874, Una, daughter of John 
and Caroline Lucilc (Lynch) Macpherson-Macneil, of Kingston, 
Jamaica, born Sept. 29, 1848. 

He was graduated at Waterville College, in the class of 1864, A. B., 
electeti a member of the Phi Beta K;ippa Society, and in course received 
the degree of A. M. But, meantime, on the outbreak of the War of the 
Rebellion, he was stirred and moved to offer his services to the cause; 
he was commissioned captain of the 20th Me. Vol. Inf. in August, 1862; 
was brevetted for gallantry at the battle of Antietam; after making a good 
record in that [wsition, he was appointed captain in the 80th U. S. C. 
Vol. Inf., a regiment of colored troops, in which he distinguished himself 
for gallantry; from this he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel of the 
73d U. S. C, Vol. Inf. (colored), which he led in a remarkable charge in the 
capture of Fort Blakely, Ala., in the Mobile cam])aign, April 9, 1865. 
He was transferred to the command of the 85th U. S. C. Vol. Inf., but 
his conspicuous merit led to his appointment in the regular army, and 
he was commissioned major of the 38th U. S. Infantry in July, 1866. 
He was ])laced in command of the jwst of Laredo, Te.xas, at a time when 
the Mexicans were full of instjlence toward our people. Major (acting 
Colonel) Merriam acted with such sagacity and decision as to gain the 
serious respect of the Mexicans and the admiration and gratitude of the 
people of Te.xas and of his superior officers. Another important piece of 
valuable service he rendered in the Department of the Columbia, 1877- 
1885. He not only aided in the successful termination of the Nez Perces 
War, but kept the peace with several tribes of Indians of hostile tenden- 
cies in subsequent ye:irs; built the greater part of Fort Coeur d'Alene, 
and wholly constructed Fort Spokane. He was commissioned colonel 
of the 7th U.S. Infantry, July 10, 1885; ser\'ed in the Department of 
the Platte till 1889, and in that of the Missouri, 1889-94, then in that 
of the Colorado, 1894-97. In July, 1897, he was commissioned briga- 
dier-general, U. S. A., and appointed to the command of the Depart- 
ment of the Columbia, which included Alaska, where he displayed the 
same qualities which had earned him great praise and promotions pre- 
viously. On the outbreak of the Cuban War he was made major-gen- 
eral of volunteers, and had command of the entire Pacific coast and 
the Hawaiian Islands in the equipment and forwarding of troops to the 
Philippine Islands, and in other ways. He was in command of the two 
departments of the Colorado and the Missouri till his retirement for age. 



374 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

But after that event Congress passed a bill, Feb. 2, 1903, authorizing 
the President to appoint him a major-general, U. S. A., and allow him 
to retire with that degree which he had so well earned. He resides at 
Wayne, Pa. 

General Merriam is the inventor of the infantry " pack " which bears 
liis name, and to which he has given much study and experiment. This 
equipment has already won most flattering success in Europe and in the 
United States; and the inventor has been awarded a gold medal by the 
French Academy of Inventors in recognition of its merits. 

General Merriam has three elegant swords • — one presented by his first 
command. Company H, Twentieth Maine Volunteers, one by the Amer- 
ican merchants of Nuevo Laredo, in appreciation of his services in the 
protection of their lives and property in 1876, and the third by the officers 
of the Seventh Regiment on his promotion to the rank of brigadier-gen- 
eral in 1897, in recognition of twelve years' service as commander of that 
famous regiment. 

Children : 

i. Mamie Eugenie,'° b. at Fort Bayard, N. M., March, 1868; 

d. with her mother, April 24, 1870. 
ii. Carrie Augusta, b. at Ft. Brown, Tex., Aug. 2, 1875; m. at 
Denver, Colo., April 5, 1899, George Bart Berger. 
Children : 

1. Merriam Berger, b. Dec. 22, 1900. 

2. Margaret Berger, b. April i, 1902. 

3. George Berger, b. Nov. 20, 1905. 

1 197. iii. Henry Macpherson, b. at Houlton, Me., Oct. 12, 1877. 

iv. Cyrus Lincoln, b. at Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 16, 1879; grad. 
Stanford Univ., Cal., 1903. 

v. Charles Bailey, b. at Ft. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 27, 1885 ; stu- 
dent at Univ. of Me. (1906). 

vi. Katherine Maude, b. at Ft. Laramie, Wyo., April 29, 1888. 

853 

Lewis '^ {Lnms,^ William,'' Ehenezer^ Ehcnezer,^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), born at Houlton, Me., April 4, 
1843; married at Fort Spokane, Wash., Aug. 7, 1876, Annie, 
daughter of Col. Henry B. Burnham, of the U. S. Army. 

He was a sergeant in Maine volunteer infantry in the War of 
the Rebellion, in 1862; lieutenant in 1864; lieutenant in U. S. 
Army in 1872, and captain in 1890. Is now retired; resides at 
Washington, D. C. 

Children : 

i. Ruth Mary,'° b. Aug. i, 1877; m. at Washington, D. C, 
June 8, 1899, Frank Hood Schultz, D. D. S. 




MAj.-ciKN. lll:^■K^ i i.w mkkkiam 



NINTH GENERATION 375 

1 198. ii. Henry Clay, 2d, b. Dec. 17, 1879. 

iii. Hattie Newell, b. June 15, 1881; d. Oct. 21, 1884. 

iv. Lewis Burnham, b. March 4, d. Dec. 2, 1884. 

V. Blois Burnham, b. Sept. 21, 1886; drowned in Coeur d'Alene 

Lake, Ida., Aug. 20, 1892. 
vi. Lewis, b. May 30, 1893. 

854 

Norman jAnrES ' (Lewis,^ William,^ Ebenezer'' Ebenezer,^ 
John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William'), born at Houlton, Me., 
Feb. 25, 1844; married at Haynesville, Me., Sept. 17, 1870, 
Christina, daughter of William Ellis, torn Feb. 25, 1847. He 
was a wheelwright and machinist; had charge of U. S. saw- 
mills at Fort Spokane, 1882-1894, and of similar establish- 
ment at Sherman, Ida., till the illness which terminated his 
useful and efficient life. He died at Spokane, Wash., May 23, 
1897. 

Child : 

Myrta Eugenie,'" b. at Minneapolis, Minn., May 24, 1879; 
m. at Conrad, Ida., Oct. 4, 1903, Samuel T. Holbert. 

855 

Wii.i.TAM Harrison ' {Lcwis,^ William,' Ebenezer'' Ebenezer,' 
John,' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Houlton, Me., 
Aug. 10, 1846; married at Athol, Jan. 16, 1877, Lucy Corinne, 
daughter of Edward H. and Harriet E. (Merriam) Ellis, born 
at New Salem in 1854; she died Dec. 15, 1877. 

Mr. Merriam resided some years at Houlton, Me. ; removed 
to Minneapolis, Minn. 

Child : 

William Ellis,'° b. Dec. 3, 1877; served in the Spanish-Amer- 
ican War in the First Idaho Regiment; is an engineer. 

856 

Cyrus Knapp '> {Lai'is,^ William,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ 
John;' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Houlton, Me., 
Jan. 29, 1848; married June 6, 1905, Miriam Hooper, daughter 
of Gen. Thomas R. and Elizabeth (Tappan) Tannatt, born 
Sept. 13, 1869. 



376 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was graduated at Waterville College (Colby) 1875 ; A. M., 
1882; University of New York, M. D., 1879. Entered on 
the practice of medicine at Lowell. From 1880 to 1887 was 
an assistant surgeon in the U. S. Army, and assigned to the 
Department of the Columbia; was stationed at Camp Chelan, 
White [Bluffs, Fort Colville, Fort Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (now 
Fort Sherman) and at Fort Spokane, Wash. Was compli- 
mented by ofificers and men for his skill and efficiency both 
in ordinary cases and in many of critical nature. 

He has shared in the development of the city of Spokane, 
Wash., where he has resided since 1887, and is in general prac- 
tice. Is on the staff of the hospital ; member of the American 
Medical Association. Has been very helpful to the com- 
piler of this work. 

857 

RuFUS ■* {{Lcwis,^ William,'' Ehenczer'' Ebenezer,^ John,'' 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born at Houlton, Me., Oct. 7, 
1851 ; married first in 1877, S. Jennie Keyes. 

He married second, at Spokane, Wash., June 20, 1899, 
Bertha Mary, daughter of William T. and Lenna (Kirby) 
Haskell, born Dec. 3, 1876. 

Resides in Spokane, Wash. Is a financial agent. 

Children : 

i. Ilia Genevieve,'" b. Jan. 8, 1878. 
ii. Theodore HaskeU, b. June 23, 1900. 
iii. Lenna Josephine, b. Feb. 5, 1903. 

858 

George B.' {Joel W.,^ Joel,'' Ehenezer^ Ehenezer,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,"" William '), born in Greenfield, Jan. 4, 1843; 
married first, June 29, 1864, Emma, daughter of Gilbert Hill- 
iard, of Northfield, born in Cornish, N. H., 1845. She died 
May 16, 1871. He married second, Nov. 13, 1871, Ella F., 
daughter of Henry C. and Mary Hall, born in 1852. 

A brick mason. 



Children : 



Florence,'" b. in Northfield, Feb. 11, 1867; m. Feb. 17, 1885, 
James A. Forsyth, of Miller's Falls. 




( ^ i;l > K\ \l'i' MI'.KM \M. M, I). 



NINTH GENERATION 377 

ii. George D., b. Oct. 14, 1874; d. July 27, 1883. 
iii. Albert Oscar, b. April 26, 1879. 
iv. Maud Lucy, b. Dec. 20, 1884. 

859 

William P.' (Darius,^ Janathan,^ Joshua,^ Joshua,^ John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Essex, N. Y., Dec. 4, 
1816; married Caroline Barnard. 

Resided at Westport, N. Y. 

He was a farmer and lumberman till 1845 when he went into 
iron manufacture. Was in partnership with his brother P. D. 
Merriam from 1854 to 1868. He took an active part in aiding 
the N. Y. and Canada R. R. in establishing its route on the 
west side of Lake Champlain. 

Children : 

i. Annie M.,'° b. 185 1. 

ii. Carrie A., b. 1853; m. Thomas H. Rouse; res. Westport, 

N. Y. 
iii. William D., b. 1855; m. Martha Cunningham, 
iv. John A., b. 1861. 

860 

Enos S." {Darius,^ Jonathan,'^ Joshua,'' Joshua,'' John,'' 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 1819; married -. 

Children : 



i. Charles.'" 
ii. Carrie. 



861 



Philetus D.9 {Darius,^ Jonathan,'' Joshua,'' Joshua,' John,* 

Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 1827; married . 

He has been an iron manufacturer at Westport, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Carroll,'" b. 1857. 
ii. Clara, b. 1867. 
iii. Addie, b. 187 1. 



378 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

862 

Adney' {Darius,^ Jonathan,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ John,'* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born 1830; married . 

Child : 

William L.'° 

863 

John L.' {Darius,^ Jonathan,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 1835; married Anna B. 
Lewis. 

Children : 

i. Otto E.'° 
ii. George H. 

864 

Edward" {Amzi,^ James,'' James,^' Joshua,^ John,'* Joseph,^ 

Joseph,- William '), born Dec. 8, 1839 ; married Rhoda . 

Residence, Hoagland, Ind. 

Children : 

i. Mason S.,'° b. Aug. 22, 1864. 
ii. Susan R., b. May i, 1869. 

865 

Thomas" {Isaac S.,^ Thomas,'' James^ Joshua,^ John," 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William*), born in Georgia, Feb. 12, 1841 ; 
married first in Worcester, April 23, 1863, Alice E., daughter 
of George R. and Elizabeth B. Richards, born in Hopkinton 
in 1843, who died March 14, 1871 ; he married second, 
at Shrewsbury, April 24, 1872, Ella J., daughter of 
Josiah W. and Mary B. Baker, born in Shrewsbury 
in 1853; he married third, Nov. i, 1877, in Worcester, 
Mary E., daughter of James and Sarah Kelley, born in Water- 
ville, N. S., in 1833. 

He learned the trade of a machinist and worked in 
Worcester a number of years. 

Children : 

i. Alice A. F.,'° b. Nov. 20, 1864; d. March 31, 1885. 
ii. Helen Gertrude, b. July 22, 1866; d. July 9, 1867. 



NINTH GENERATION 379 

iii. Arthur Tliomas, b. Nov., 1867; d. March 19, 1868. 
iv. Mertie Blanche, b. April 30, i88o. 

867 

Frederick Tatman ' (Rujus AHchols,^ Samuel,'' James/' 
Joshua,' John," Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), horn* in Worces- 
ter, Feb. 12, 1856, married there Jan. 2, 1884, Ellen Jane, 
daughter of George and Mary Phelan, born in Eastport,"Me., 
July 20, 1856. 

He learned the trade of pattern-maker; is now foreman of 
the shop of the Rice, Barton & Fales Machine and Iron Co., 
Worcester. 

Children : 

i. .Sarah May,'° b. Feb. 14, 1885. 
ii. William L., b. July 30, 1887. 

868 

James Clarence' (James L.,^ Samuel,'' James,'' Joshua,^ 
John," Joseph,^ Joseph," William '), born June 2, 1855 ; married 
in Chicago, 111., Dec. 26, 1878, Nettie Lyon Downing. 

He was a salesman in Chicago. He died Sept. 5, 1888. 

Children : 

i. James Arthur," b. Dec. 24, 1879. 

ii. Alice Nettie, b. April 29, 188 1. 

iii. Ralph Tenney, b. in 1884, d. in 1890. 

869 

Arthur Lovell' {James /,.," Samuel,'' James/' Joshua,' 
John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born Oct. 25, 1857; mar- 
ried Oct. 25, 1891, Minnie Collcy. 

He is an architect. Resided in Chicago, 111., till 1S99, when 
he removed to Springfield, 111., where he is secretary of the 
Culver Stone Construction Co. 

Children : 

i. ii. Two died young. 

iii. Gladys Una,'° b. April 28, 1894. 

• Born Sullivan ; adopted by Rufus Nichols Merriam, q. v. 



380 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

870 

Frank Bardwell ■* {Samuel T.,^ Samuel,'' James f' Joshua,^ 
John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William '), born at Warren, Aug. i8, 
1851 ; married Gertrude Hubbard, of Dixon, 111. Studied law 
and practised at Gunnison, Colo. ; removed to San Diego, 
Cal., where he was living in 1890. 

Children : 

i. Zita Gertrude,'" b. March 19, 1879. 

ii. Paul Frank, b. at San Diego, Cal., March 2, 1890. 

873 

Albert « (Charles H.,^ Samuel,'' James^ Joshua,^ John,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Leicester, Jan. 7, 1859; 
residing in Dudley, he married at Webster, Feb. 2, 1892, Mary 
L., daughter of Hammond and Elizabeth (Parsons) Taylor, 
born in Charlton, residing in Dudley, 20 years old. 

875 

Luke Albert' {Amos,^ Amos,'' Amos^ Amos,^ John,'* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph," William '), born in Leominster, December, 
1818; married at Northbridge, May i, 1845, Dianthe, daugh- 
ter of Jesse and Mary Lamb. 

Child : 
1201. Charles Herbert,'" b. in Uxbridge, July 30, 1850. 

876 

Charles Augustus ' (Amos,^ Amos,'' Amos,^ Amos,^ John,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born in Leominster, September, 
1821 ; married at Townsend, April 15, 1847, Elima H., daugh- 
ter of Samuel and Asenath Graham, of Townsend. She mar- 
ried second, Feb. 6, 1851, Tarrant F. Sibley, of Clinton. 



877 

Thomas Gowen ' (Alpheus,^ Jonathan,'' Amos^ Amos,^ 
John,'* Joseph,' Joseph," William '), born at Woburn, Jan. 23, 



NINTH GENERATION 381 

1850; married Nov. ig, 1873, Mary, daughter of John and 
Abby Clinton Robinson, born Sept. 9, 1854. 
Resided in Woburn. 

Children : 

i. Florence C.,'° b. Oct. 30, 1874. 
ii. Frank Alpheus, b. Feb. 10, 1878. 

iii. Grace Hamilton, b. June 25, 1884; became a teacher of piano- 
forte; she d. Easter, April 23, 1905. 

880 

Francis Jackson ' {Charles D.,^ Levi,'' Levi^ Anws,^ John* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Boston, March 18, 1837; 
married Minerva Caldwell. 

Aroused by the barbarism of slavery in his early manhood, 
he adopted the antislavery principles of his mother's father, 
the renowned alxjlitionist. He sympathized with, and contril> 
uted a considerable sum of his patrimony to John Brown, 
and was a companion of his at Harper's Ferry; escaped, hav- 
ing Ix'cn on duty at a distance from the place where Brown and 
the majority were, at the crisis. 

He died in September, 1865. 

886 

Joseph H.' {James H.,^ Joseph,'' Robert^ Joseph,'' Robert,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Conneaut, O., May 31, 
1856; married Dec. 25, 1878, Jennie Stevenson. 

Residence, Conneaut, O. 

Child: 

James Robert," b. Dec. 9, 1879. 

891 

Reuben P.'' (Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), tern in Westminster, Nov. 9, 
1835 ; married May 7, 1856, Elizalxth, daughter of Nathaniel 

Brooks, born in Sterling 1838; he was then residing 

at Gardner ; also lived at Westminster. 

Children : 

i. Jennie Ella,'° b. March 20, 1857; m. Frank A.'° Merriam, 
No. 1207; she died Jan. 15, 1888. 



382 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

ii. Alma R., b. May 17, i860; m. in Fitchburg, April 23, 1875, 
Charles H. Kendall, steam-fitter, b. in Milford, N. H. 

iii. Carrie R., b. Feb. 8, 1864; m. in Worcester, Aug. 15, 1881, 
William S. Winter, b. in Oakham, res. in Princeton. 

iv. Eddie E., b. Jan. 16, 187 1. 

892 

Franklin' {Joel,^ Nathan,'' Samuel^ Thomas,^ Thomas,-^ 
Joseph/ Joseph,'' William '), born in Westminster, ]\Iarch 5, 
1810; married in September, 1845, Eunice Clark Ward, of 
China, Me., born March 18, 1852, died at East Weare, N. H., 
Oct. 23, 1904. He graduated at Waterville College in 1837, 
and Newton Theological Seminary in 1840; was ordained and 
settled over the Baptist church at E. Winthrop, Me., the same 
year at a salary of $400 per year. Later had pastorates at 
Searsmont, Me., Exeter, New Boston, E. Jaffrey, Hanover, 
Danbury, Bow, and E. Weare, N. H. ; served as trustee of col- 
lege at which he had graduated and gave it a scholarship in 
i860; was a trustee and agent of Baptist organizations and 
took prominent part in much useful public work. Was a total 
abstainer from narcotics, stimulants, and intoxicants; a zeal- 
ous helper of good people and good work. Died at Sharon, 
Dec. 10, 1893. 

Children : 

1203. i. Edmund Franklin,'° b. at Winthrop, Me., Jan. 26, 1847. 
ii. Albert, b. Jan. 5, 1855; d. April 19, 1858. 

1204. iii. George, b. at China, Me., Nov. 30, 1856. 

iv. Hattie Ward, b. at E. Jaffrey, N. H., Feb. i, 1865; m. Charles 
Edwin Eaton, of E. Weare, N. H. 

Children : 

1. Harold Merriam Eaton, b. Feb. 9, 189 1. 

2. Guy Edwin Eaton, b. June 6, 1895. 

893 

Albert 9 {Joel,^ Nathan,'' Samuel,'' Thomas,' Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in Westminster, Dec. 18, 
18x3; married first, Laura L. Carter, born in Leominster; 
married second, Emily A., born in Concord. 



NINTH GENERATION 383 

Children : 

i. Sarah Elizabeth,'" b. in Westminster, 1846; m. there Nov. 

22, 1868, Orange F. Howe, son of Daniel M. and Harriet 

(Woodbur)') Howe, b. and res. in W., farmer, 21. 
ii. Persis, b. 1847; m. Sept. 5, 1866, Warren P. Dustin, b. at 

Stanstead, Canada, about 1845. 
iii. Charles Albert, b. in Gardner, Feb. 17, 1852; m. and had one 

son, Charles, b. Oct. i, d. Nov. 10, 1878. 
iv. Carrie (of Albert and Emily A.), b. April 29, d. May 20, 1855. 
V. Emma A., b. Sept., 1864; d. July 22, 1865. 

894 

Joel 9 (Joel,^ Nathan,'' Samuel,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, May 28, 1816; 
married (intention Feb. 15, 1840) Elmina, daughter of Benja- 
min and Achsah (Boutelle) Perkins. He was a painter by 
trade ; was a chair manufacturer, in business some years with 
Joseph B. Drury. He was a public-spirited citizen, intensely 
interested and efficient in town and church and reform matters, 
a "Liberty Party" man, and a diligent helper of the temper- 
ance cause. His fellow citizens honored him with local ofllces, 
and two terms to the Senate of the state. He died ^lay 7, 
1873; his widow died Nov. 30, 1885, ae. 67. 

Children: 

i. Evelina,'" b. Oct. 2, 1843 ; m- ^^' • C. Foskett. 

ii. Sarah Maria, b. Sept. 16, 1848; d. Sept. 14, 1849. 

iii. Emma E., b. Aug. i, 1850; m. Nov. 16, 1879, G. Frank Urban, 

son of Martin and Kathcrine (Grandpierre) Urban, b. in 

Germany in 1855, res. in Westminster. 

1206. iv. Joel Hervey, b. July 3, 1852. 

1207. v. Frank Albert, b. Sept. 5, 1855. 

vi. Sarah E., b. Se|)t. 8, 1857; m. Fred. R. Bolton, 
vii. Cora Ella, b. March 27, 1863. 

895 

Artkmas" (Joel," Nathan,' Samuel,'' Thomas,' Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, July 21, 
1818; married June 8, 1841, Salome, daughter of Asa and 
Dolly (Whitney) Holden, lx)rn Oct. 9, 1820. 

Elected to the office of selectman several times, entrusted 
with other responsibilities in town, he was also chosen repre- 



384 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

sentative to the General Court in 1878. Was one of the most 
successful, public-spirited and generous business men of the 
town. He was a chair manufacturer. 

Children : 

i. Stillman F.,'° b. May 30, d. July 7, 1843. 

ii. Laura, b. July 24, d. Oct. 15, 1844. 

iii. Mary Ella, b. Feb. 28, 1846; m. May 26, 1866, Adin Frank- 
lin, son of Joel and Maria (Smith) Baker. 

iv. Ida Eliza, b. Nov. 21, 1856; m. Dec. 15, 1875, S. Dwight, 
son of Albert G. and Sarah Simonds. 

V. Willie, b. Aug. g, d. Aug. 13, 1859. 

vi. Nellie, b. Aug. 31, d. Sept. 4, 1861. 



896 

Abner Holden ' (Nathan,^ Nathan,'' Samuel,^ Thomas,^ 
Thomas,^ Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Williain'), born in Westminster, 
May II, 1812; married April 14, 1842, Emily, daughter of 
Dea. Abel and Betsey (Fairbanks) Wood, of Leominster. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1840; took charge 
of the academy where he had fitted, and brought it up well. 
Taught also at Winchendon with similar success, and did some- 
what more in that line ; then devoted his energies to farming in 
Templeton. Deacon of the Trinitarian church; much re- 
spected. 

Children : 

1209. i. Charles Holden,'° b. Aug. 16, 1845. 

ii. Emily Maria, b. .'Vug. 29, 1847; m. June 25, 1873, Lewis M. 
Bryant. 

Children : 

1. A child, b. and d. 1875. 

2. William Lewis Bryant, b. Aug. 18, 1876. 

3. Nellie Francis Bryant, b. Aug. 24, 1879. 

iii. Olive Elizabeth, b. April 17, 1849; m. June 25, 1873, Moses 
Leland, of Gardner. 

Children : 

1. Walter Wood Leland, b. Feb. 25, 1875. 

2. Arthur Leland, b. May 26, 1878. 

iv. Susan Adelaide, b. Aug. 10, 1850; d. 1852. 
V. Mary Abby, b. Oct. i, 1857; d. May 7, i860. 



NINTH GENERATION 385 

897 

Joseph Dudley' {Nathan,'' Nathan,'' Samuel,'' Thomas,' 
Thomas,'* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born at Westminster, 
Aug. 28, 1821 ; married first, at Winchendon, April i, 1845, 
Maria Allen, of Springfield. He married second, at Concord, 
N. H., May 2, 1872, Mary P. (Abbott) Ordway. He married 
third, April 27, 1905, Mrs. A. Lucinda (Hall) Maxwell, born 
in Skowhegan, Me. 

Has resided at Templeton, Ashburnham, and Fitchburg. 

Children : 

i. Francis E.,'° b. July 20, 1850; d. Sept. i, 1864. 
ii. Lucian A., b. June 22, d. Sept. 22, 1856. 

899 

Lyman Wheeler' (Jacob Harris,^ Jatiathan,^ Samuel,^ 
Thomas,'^ Thomas,'' Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), torn in Fitch- 
burg, March 31, 1844; married in Fitchburg, July 16, 
1868, Ellen M., daughter of John and Sarah Lowe, born 
in Fitchburg, Aj)ril 30, 1847. 

He was a carpenter; resided at Winchendon; about 1855 
removed to Fitchburg and was foreman of a packing establish- 
ment. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Abby,'° b. Aug. 9, 1869; m. Sept. 11, 1890, James L. 

Harrington, of Lunenburg, his second marriage, 

ii. Freddie Lowe, b. 1871, d. April 23, 1872. 

iii. Louisa Adeline, b. in Holden, Aug. 21, 1872. 

iv. Alice Edna, b. Nov. 25, 1874. 

V. John Lowe, b. July 9, 1876. 

vi. Edith .\ugusta, b. March 5, 1878. 

vii. Lizzie Maria, b. Sept. 27, 1880. 

viii. Clifton Harry, b. Dec. 30, 1883. 

ix. Henry Mead, b. Sept. 11, 1885. 

Alfred ' {Jonas,'' Jonas,^ Thomas^ Thomas,' Thomas,'* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), lx)rn in Westminster, Jan. 26, 
1821; learned the trade of painter; married first, at West- 
minster, Aug. 6, 1846, Elvira, daughter of Eldridge and Han- 



386 MEKRIAM GENEALOGY 

nah Merriam, born in 1825, died in 1868. He married second, 
in 1869, Ada Lawrence, of Putnam, Ct., who died in 1894. 

Removed from Westminster to Putnam, Ct. ; died Oct. 24, 
1891. 

Child: 

Alfred Wilder,"" b. March 30, 1875. 

901 

George Washington ' (Jonas,^ Jonas,'' Thomas,'' Thomas,^ 
Thontas," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, 
Oct. 23, 1824; married first, July i, 1851, Lizzie, daughter of 
Thomas and Sarah (Phillips) Henderson. She died Nov. 7, 
1867, as. 36 years, 8 months, 8 days. He married second. May 
16, 1876, Sarah A., sister of his first wife, formerly wife of 
Stillman M. Carter. 

He is a mechanic, living in Westminster. 

Children : 

i. Dora L.,'° b. March 21, 1854. 

ii. Franklin N., b. Feb. 27, i860; d. June g, 1864. 

902 

Newell A.' (Jonas,^ Jonas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, Oct. 31, 
1826; married Elizabeth Mason, born in Princeton. 

A mechanic, residing in Worcester; served in the Union 
x'\rmy in the War of the Rebellion. 

Child: 

Charles Newell,'° b. at Gardner, June 18, 1854. 

903 

Francis A." {Jonas,^ Jonas,'' Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,'' 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, Sept. 4, 
1828; married May 8, 1851, Eliza, daughter of Joseph H. and 
Betsey (Pratt) Whitney. They resided in Phillipston a few 
years, but returned to Westminster. He was a sawyer and 
general mechanic ; gave much attention to music and " con- 
ducted the choir of the First Parish, with praiseworthy success." 
He died Feb. 16, 1891. 



NINTH GENERATION 387 



Children : 



i. Sarah Ellen,'° b. Feb. 26, 1861; m. Jan. 9, 1878, Frank H. 

Battles, 
ii. Clara Leora, b. July 27, 1864; d. Aug. 30, 1865. 

904 

Aaron Wood •> {J anas, '^ Jonas, ^ Thomas^ Thomas,^ Thonms* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), lx)rn in Westminster, Aitg. 11, 
1834; married Sarah A. . 

Chairmaker, residing in Gardner and at Orange. 

Children : 

i. Katie Eliza,'" b. Sept. 24, 1859. 

ii. Jenny Lucy, b. Nov. 23, i860; m. at Templeton, Sept. 16, 

1884, George F., son of Anson and Matilda Hilman, 24, 

b. at Halifa.x, Vt., res. in T. 
iii. Lizzie E., b. in Orange, about 1869; residing at Templeton, 

m. in Gardner, Dec. ij, 1889, Carrol L., son of Edwin and 

Mary J. Denton, 23, mechanic, b. in Elizabethtown, N. Y., 

res. in T. 
iv. Ro.si Ann, b. at Orange, Jan. 6, 1870. 

905 

Caleb S." (John,^ Jonas,'' Thomas," Thomas,' Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), lx>rn in Westminster, July 18, 
1817; married July 12, 1843, Abbie A. Parker, of Providence, 
R.I. A man of enterprise, mechanical ingenuity, and public 
spirit. Was a manufacturer of chairs; carried on a grain and 
flour mill ; purchased the town meadows and converted them 
into a reservoir, to the great improvement of the water power; 
was auditor of the town and held other responsible positions. 

Children : 

i. Martha S.,'° b. Nov. 21, 1844; m. Frederick S. Rolph, of 

Lowell ; res. Fitchhurg. 
ii. James B., b. Dec. 5, 1840; d. Dec. 28, 1848. 

1212. iii. Eli Howe, b. June 4, 1848. 

1213. iv. John Wilder, b. Nov. 28, 1852. 

V. Mary Sawyer, b. Feb. 20, 1857 ; m. Jan. 29, 1885, Peter Poland. 

906 

Jonas ' (John,^ Jmias,'' Thomas" Thomas,^ Thomns,* Jo- 
seph,'' Joseph,' William^), bom in Westminster, March 19, 



388 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1823; married March 18, 1847, Betsey S., daughter of Lewis 
and Abigail Priest, of Templeton. Resided on the old home- 
stead some twenty years; removed to Fitchburg; manufac- 
turer of chairs, etc. 

Children : 

i. Mary Anna,'* b. Aug. 3, 1849; m. Nov. 4, 1875, R. Warren 

Wilkins; res. Hudson 
ii. Emma Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 185 1; m. Oct. 12, 1886, Seth 

Twitchell; res. Fitchburg. 
iii. Lucy Evehne, b. March i, 1854; m. April 23, 1874, John A. 

Brown, 
iv. Ida Maria, b. Nov. 16, 1856; m. June 2, 1877, Walter Wood. 
V. Etta Jane, b. Aug. 11, 1861; m. Feb. 26, 1881, Samuel P. 

Lewis, 
vi. Eugene Anderson, b. Nov. 6, 1866. 
vii. Nellie Priest, b. May 8, 1869. 

907 

Oliver M.' {John,^ Jonas,'' Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born Sept. 2, 1825; married 
first, Nov. 29, 1855, Martha, daughter of Edmund and Betsey 
(Adams) Nichols; she died Oct. 11, 1880, £e. 50. He mar- 
ried second, July 24, 1881, Emily J., daughter of John and 
Harriet (Nichols) Kilburn, of Winchendon. Has engaged in 
mechanical pursuits and farming. 

Children : 

i. Elsie Jane,'° b. Dec. i6, 1858; m. April 6, 1880, Charles H. 
Gates, 2d, res. Gardner. 
1215. ii. Herbert Moore, b. June 28, 1864. 

908 

Calvin 9 {Asa,^ Asa,' Thomas,'' Thomas,' Thomas,'* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Westminster, March 20, 
1826; married in Cohasset, June i, 1858, Grace E., daughter 
of Levi and Mary Nichols. 

He was a grocer at Cohasset; he died April 30, 1872. 

Children : 

i. Myra Josephine,'" b. Sept. 7, i860, 
ii. Grace Hall, b. Jan. 3, 1864. 
iii. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 2, 1868. 



NINTH GENERATION 389 

909 

Far\vell9 (Asa,^ Asa,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Princeton, Jan. 14, 1832; 
married in 1867, Sarah Jones. 

Children : 

i. George N.,'° b. Sept. 5, 1868. 

ii. Grace E., b. March 10, 1871. 

iii. Charles F., b. Nov. 22, 1875. 

iv. Walter N., b. April, 1878. 

910 

John Flavel' {Asa,^ Asa,' Thomas^ Thomus,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), Ijorn at Princeton, Jan. 16, 1834; 
married April 8, 1869, Charlotte Cotton. 

Children : 

i. Ed\vard,-° b. Oct. 2, 1869. 
ii. John, b. June 10, 1871. 
iii. Mary, b. Nov. 30, 1872. 
iv. Frances A., b. Sept. 18, 1877. 

911 

RuFUS N." {Asa,^ Asa,'' Thomas^' Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph' William'), born Nov. 28, 1837; married June 
20, 1871, Lucretia M. Lewis. 

Children : 

i. Frederick C.,'° b. July 19, 1872. 

ii. Wynona, b. Nov., 1873. 

iii. Harrie, b. March 26, 1875. 

iv. Bessie, b. March 2, 1877. 

Newell' {Asa,^ Asa,'' Thmnas,'^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Ilubbardston, Feb. 28, 
1841 ; married in Fitchburji;, April 25, 1867, Mary F., daughter 
of Amos and Martha Miller, Ix^rn in Westminster in 1847. 

Resided at Hubbardston. 

Child: 

Carrie Ella,'° b. April 14, 1868; m. in Gardner (where she 
was then residing), Oct. 15, 1891, Fred A. Turney. 



390 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

914 



Charles Farwell' (Reed,^ Asa,'' Thomas,'' Thomas,^ 
Thofnas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William^), born in Westminster. 
Feb. 14, 1840; married first, Nov. 22, 1862, Carrie A., daughter 
of James and Betsey Boutelle, of Leominster; she died July 
10, 1863, ae. 23 years, 10 months, 20 days. He married second, 
Oct. 27, 1868, Myra L., daughter of T. Dwight and Emehne 
(Clark) Wood. Resided on the homestead. He died Aug. 
10, 1873. 



918 

Charles Henry' {Charles H.,^ Abijah,'' Nathaniel,^ Na- 
thaniel,^ Thomas,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Milton, 
Jan. 6, 1864; married at Melrose, June 18, 1890, Helen I., 
daughter of Curtis L. and Minerva C. Gordon, of Melrose, 
born at Melrose in 1870. 

Children : 

i. Florence Isabel,'" b. at Melrose, April i, 1891. 
ii. Helen Gertrude, b. at Brockton, March i, 1896. 



919 

John Conant ' (Isaac F.,^ David,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born at Brandon, Vt., Jan. 9, 
1819; married in Minerva, Ky., July 2, 1845, Aurora Nancy, 
daughter of Leonard and Nancy Caryl Holton, born in Chester, 
Vt., Sept. 5, 1822. 

Resided at Logansport, Ind. ; was a merchant. He took 
much interest in observing weather changes and corresponded 
with Mr. Ebenezer Merriam (No. 254). 

Children : 

i. George Conant,'° b. April 30, 1849; became a lawyer; was 

in practice at Fresno, Cal. 
ii. Julia Leonora, b. Jan. 18, 1853; m. Henry Tucker, 
iii. Minnie Caroline, b. Nov. 5, 1857. 
iv. John A., b. Nov. 15, i860. 



NINTH GENERATION 391 

920 

Cassius M.' {Daniel D.,^ David,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born at Brandon, Vt., Oct. 31, 
1843; married April 20, 1865, Emma Osborn, bom in Quincy, 
111., Feb. 25, 1846, died at Los Gatos, Cal., April 19, 1896. 

He went to Quincy, 111., with his father and entered into the 
lumber business with him, continuing it some time after the 
father's death. He removed to California; died at Los Gatos, 
Dec. 6, 1897. 

Children : 

i. Cora 0.,'° b. Feb. 12, 1867. 
ii. E. Gertrude, b. Sept. 14, 1869. 

iii. Ina M., b. Sept. 15, 1871; m. J. Ellsworth Coombs; res. 
Los Angeles, Cal. 

921 

Robert Law ' {Isaac,^ Isaac,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Salem, N. Y., May 27, 
1822; married Mary F. M., who was born in Bruns- 
wick, Me. 

He was a real estate dealer in Boston; resided in Newton; 
was a prominent memljer of the Eliot Congregational Church. 
He died July 19, 1897. 

Children : 

1217. i. Albert Childs,'° b. in Boston, Nov. 14, 1850. 

1218. ii. Robert Law, Jr., b. in Boston, March 21, 1853. 
iii. Charles Tupper, b. about i860. 

922 

William Clark '' {Isaat,^ Isaac,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Salem, N. Y., Aug. 6, 
1824; married in Ro.\bury, March 4, 185 1, Mary Judson, 
daughter of Ichabod and Abigail Macombcr, born in Boston, 
Sept. 23, 1830. 

He was a merchant in Boston. Resides (1906) in Brooklyn, 
NY. 

Children : 

i. William Clark, Jr.,"° b. Dec. 22, 1851. 
1220. ii. Henry, b. Feb. 6, 1855. 



392 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

iii. Mary Macomber, b. in Boston, April 5, 1859; m. (i) April 
4, 1886, Theodore D. Borsham; he d. Sept. 10, 1887. She 
m. (2) March 9, 1897, Lewis Charles Rush, of Brooklyn, 
N.Y. 

923 

Andrew Battles « {Isaac,'^ Isaac,'' Isaacf' Isaac,^ Thomas,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born at Salem, N. Y., May 23, 
1826; married June 10, 1858, Amanda Billings Brackett. 

A druggist in Cincinnati, O., till 1890, then of Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

Children : 

i. Andrew B.'° 
ii. Sarah Louise, 
iii. Edward A. 

924 

James Whyte ' {Isaac,^ Isaac,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William''), born in Salem, N. Y., March 10, 
1828; married March 10, 1852, Ellen Maria, daughter of 
Noah and Lydia (Binney) Blanchard, of Boston. Resided in 
Boston. 

He died at Thomasville, Ga., March 11, 1881. Mrs. Mer- 
riam died March 12, 1896, ae. 64 years, 5 months, 3 days. 

Children : 

i. Alice Blanchard,'° b. May 7, 1858; m. June 30, 1891, George 
William, son of George and Mary Coleman, of Boston. 

ii. Helen Whyte, b. Oct. 27, 1868; m. Dec. 29, 1891, William 
Howe, son of John A. and Susan G. McElwain, of Boston. 
Children : 

1. Dorothy Howe McElwain, b. Sept. 24, 1893. 

2. Donald Merriam McElwain, b. July 15, 1896. 

3. Alexander McElwain, b. Dec. 10, 1897. 

4. Helen Blanchard McElwain, b. Dec. 23, 1901. 

925 

Joseph Waite ' {Isaac,^ Isaac,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,'* 
Joseph,^ Joseph" William'), born May 18, 1833; married 
Maria Carlotta Romero. He was graduated at Harvard, A. B., 
1856, M. D., 1862. Became a physician and surgeon. Re- 
moved to Iquique, South America. 



NINTH GENERATION 393 

926 

Edward Benjamin " (Jonas,^ Isaac,' Isaac^ Isaac,' Thomas,'* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William '), born July 3, 1844; married Olive 
Burnsidc. She died in 1892. He resides at Spokane, Wash. 

Child : 

Mabel,'° m. Clinton Cheney. 

Child : 

Joseph Merriam Cheney. Resides at Chicago, 111. 

927 

Charles Henry ' (Jonas,^ Isaac,' Isaac,"- Isaac,' Thomas,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born May i, 1850; married Oct. 
24, 1872, Emma A. Gardner, who was born Sept. 29, 1853. 

Is a farmer, residing at Stratford, N. H. 

Children : 

i. Marion Eames,'° b. March 12, 1874; m. Dec. 28, 1904, John 
Carl Burbank, who was b. March 26, 1876. 
1222. ii. Thomas Oakley, b. Nov. 22, 1878. 
iii. Carrie Belle, b. Dec. i, 1882. 
iv. Henry Albert, b. Dec. 31, 1886. 

928 

William Henry ' (Benjamin,^ Isaac,' Isaac," Isaac,' 
Thomas,* Joseph,' Joseph,' William "), born at Northumber- 
land, N. H., Feb. 28, 1831; married Sept. 15, 1853, 
Martha Annette, daughter of Henry O. and P^inette (Lamb- 
kin) White, born P\-b. 9, 1837, died March 8, 1901. 

He resided at Stratford, N. H.; a carpenter and builder till 
past middle life, when he became a farmer; died Feb. 18, 1906. 

Children : 

i. Sarah Estelle,'° b. Nov. 17, 1854; m. Nov. 17, 1883, Alfred 
Stride. 

Child : 

Mary Annette Stride, b. Feb. 22, 1886. 
ii. Abby Blake, b. Aug. 31, 1858; m. June 2, i88o, Henry O. 

Mclnlyrc. Res. Lancaster, 
iii. Lillian \., h. Feb. 24, 1864; m. June 20, 1884, Herbert John- 
son, of Lancaster; res. Stratford, N. H. 
Children : 

1. Grace Myrtle Johnson, b. May 20, 1885. 

2. Harold Burton Johnson, b. Aug. 19, 1887. 



394 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

930 

Edwin Augustus « [Joseph W .,^ Isaac,'' Isaacf' Isaac,^ 
Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, Aug. 
19, 1838; married at Nantucket, Dec. 29, 1864, Caroline W., 
daughter of Matthew and Catherine Starbuck, born at Nan- 
tucket, 1842. She survived Mr. Merriam and married 
second, Nov. 24, 1879, William A. Spinney, of Nantucket. 

He -Wcis a merchant in Boston. He died May 18, 1877. 



Child : 



Florence Maria,'° b. April 28, 1869; m. Dec. 16, i8g6, Fred- 
erick P., son of Wm. R. and Jane E. (Parshall) Hill, archi- 
tect; res. in New York City. 



931 

Charles Rollin ' (Abel IVooJs,^ JonaUian,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ 
Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Arlington, Vt., 
May 27, 1834; married Oct. 30, 1858, his second cousin, Susan 
Blake, daughter of Benjamin (No. 441) and Abigail (Blake) 
Merriam, born Dec. 4, 1838. 

He travelled a great deal in connection with business; re- 
sided some time at Sherbrooke, Prov. Que. ; in New Hamp- 
shire and Vermont; Dover, Del., 1874-1880; Philadelphia, 
Pa., to 1885; Elmer, N. Y., about 1889; then to Worcester, 
Mass. 

He went to California in 1892, and was so much pleased with 
the State that he remained the rest of his life. 

He died at San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 28, 1903. Mrs. 
Merriam still resides there. 

Children : 

1224. i. George Rollin,'" b. in W. Concord, Vt., Aug. 20, 1859. 

ii. William Powers, b. in Sherbrooke, Prov. Que., Aug. 17, 1863. 

iii. Percy Arlington, b. in Middlebury, Vt., March 23, 1871. 
He enlisted as an electrician in U. S. army at the opening 
of the Spanish- American War; served 3 years; was pro- 
moted to be chief electrician of his section. Re-enlisted 
at Washington, D. C, and served 4 years in the Philippines 
and the Orient. Now in service at San Francisco. 



NINTH GENERATION 395 

934 

Luther Hale ' (Isaac,^ Joshua,' Isaac^ Isaac,^ Thomas,^ 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William '), born in Morrisville, Vt., March 7, 
1836; married at Waterbury Centre, Vt., Clarissa Kennon 
Stinson. 

He enlisted in Company D, 2d Vt. volunteer infantry; 
discharged for sickness; re-enlisted and served through the 
war. 

Resided at Stow, and later at Granville, Vt. Removed to 
Lamberton, Minn. He died at Mentone, Ala., April 19, 1903. 

Children: 

i. Fred,'° b. July 31, 1874. 
ii. John, b. April 18, 1876. 
iii. Henry, b. at Granville, Vt., March 19, 1878. 

y ■ jj.j^ ' [■ b. at Janesville, Wis., April 10, :883. 

vi. Mary Ellen, b. at Sanborn, Minn., Oct. 29, 1885. 

vii. Nettie, b. Feb. 28, 1887; d. Feb. 29, 1889. 

viii. Roy, b. at Waterbury, Minn., July 19, 1891 ; d. Jan. i, 1892. 

935 

Joshua ' {Isaac,* Joshua,'' Isaac!' Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ 
Joseph,' William'), born in Morrisville, Vt., Dec. 22, 1843; 
married at Waterbury Centre, Vt., Jan. 28, 1868, Florence A. 
Stevens; she died June 6, 1897. 

He is a farmer in Morristown, \'t. ; has been president of 
the Vermont Shropshire Sheep Association, also connected with 
the Green Mt. Cotswold Assn. 

Child : 

Delia Maria,'° b. July 14, 1869; d. Jan. i, 1888. 

936 

Horace William " {Isaac,* Joshua,' Isaac,^ Isaac,' Thotnas,* 
Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born at Morrisville, Vt., Dec. 31, 
1849 ; married first, Ida Ladd ; married second, Lillian Murray. 

Resides at Waterbury Centre, Vt. 

Children: 

i. Mary Adeline,'" b. Nov. 29, 1889. 
ii. Eva Bell, b. Aug. 20, 1892. 



396 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

937 

Albert Chester' (Sclden,^ Joshua,'' Isaac,'' Isaac,^ 
Thomas,^ Joseph,^ Joseph," William '), born at Hyde Park, Vt., 
Oct. 29, 1835; married in Elmore, Vt., March 25, 1861, Helen 
Maria Silloway, born in Berlin, Vt., Oct. 29, 1837. 

He resides at Elmore, Vt. ; is a farmer. 

Children : 

1227. i. Charles Wesley,'° b. Dec. 7, 1861. 

1228. ii. Albert Emery, b. Oct. 21, 1865. 

1229. iii. Vernon William, b. March 13, 1869. 

iv. Clara Arvilla, b. Aug. 11, 1873; m. in Morristown, Vt., Aug. 
II, 1900, Edwin A. Bullard. Res. Hyde Park, Vt. 

Child: 

Ray Merriam Bullard, b. June 15, 1901. 
V. Francis Andrew, I 1 t. ^ '^- Feb. 24, 1876. 

vi. Frances Amanda, ) ' ^' ' -^ ' id. March 10, 1876. 

1230. vii. Frank Selden, b. July i, 1877. 
viii. Flora Jane, b. June 10, 1880. 

938 

Laureston Alphonso ' {Herschel Park,^ Jonas D.,' Isaac,'' 
Isaac,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Malone, 
N. Y., Dec. 7, 1843; married first, April 8, 1873, Mattie D. 
Carter, of Waukau, Wis. ; she died Oct. 29, 1893. He married 
second. May 21, 1895, Laura E. Schamel, of Omaha, Neb. 

He was graduated from Franklin Academy, Malone, N. Y., 
in 1867 ; studied medicine with Dr. H. G. Pope, of Berlin, 
Wis. ; taught Waukau High School some time, and afterward 
studied medicine further with Miles Mi.x, M. D., of Berlin, 
Wis. ; was graduated from the Department of Medicine and 
Surgery of the University of Michigan in 1873, with degree of 
M. D. Practised at Cresco, la., until 1879, when he took a 
year at Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Removed to 
Omaha, Neb., and entered into active practice in the special 
department of chronic and nervous diseases; has written 
and taught in his specialty. Is connected with several fraternal 
orders, and medical e.xaminer for some insurance companies. 

940 

WiLLARD ' (Horace,^ Jonas Z?.,' Isaac,'' Isaac, ^ Thomas,* 
Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Berlin, Wis., Jan. 20, 
1864; married first, March 27, 1889, Bessie Lulu, daughter of 



NINTH GENERATION 397 

Reuben and Mary Ann (Neidig) Burtrer, born at INIuscatine, 
la., Feb. 25, 1869, died Jan. 29, 1896. He married second, 
Aug. 19, 1897, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of James and Wil- 
helmina (Banks) Peacock, born in Chicago, 111., Feb. 15, 1869. 
He is senior partner of the firm of Merriam, Ellis and Ben- 
ton, real estate, insurance and loans, Kansas City, Kan. 

Children : 

i. Edith (}crlrude,'° \>. July 15, 1890. 

ii. Harriet Vera, b. Nov. 15, 1891. 

iii. Ruth, h. Sept. 19, 1894; d. March 27, 1902. 

iv. Willard, Jr., b. July 7, 1899; d. in infancy. 

V. Wallace, b. Sept. 16, 1904. 

942 

Arthur Marsh'' (Royal A.,'^ John,'' John,'' Jokn,^ John,* 
John,^ Joseph,^ William'), born at Topsfield, April 12, 1843; 
married in Ne\vl)uryport, Sept. 22, 1881, Margaret Elizalx^th, 
daughter of Moses and Elizabeth L. (Coflin) Coleman. 

He passed his youth in Topsfield, some of his middle age in 
Colorado, and has his home now at "Manchester by the Sea," 
where he is a "farmer." 

Child: 

.Arthur Coleman,'° b. June 12, 1882; d. April 7, 1900. 

943 

Henry Augustus ' (Frederick J.,^ John,'' John,'' John,^ 
John,* John,^ Joseph," William'), born July 26, 1816; married 
at Marblehead, Nov. 30, 1848, Hannah H., daughter of 
John H. and Tabitha Gregory, born in 181 7; she died in 
Marblehead, Feb. 29, 1904. 

He was a merchant in Baltimore. He was killed Sept. 20, 
1853, by a fall as he was entering his store, not seeing an 
unusual obstruction. The widow moved to Marblehead. 

Children : 
1232. i. Grcenlief Augustus,'" b. in Baltimore, Md., Sunday, Oct. 
28, 1849, at 11.20 A. M. 
ii. Henry Hooper, b. Sunday, May 8, 1853, at quarter to 9 o'clock; 
d. unm. in California, Feb. 3, 1903. 



398 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

944 

John ' {Frederick J.,^ John,'' John^ John/ John* John,^ 
Joseph,'' William^), born in Topsfield, Dec. 7, 1822; married 
Sabra, daughter of Isaac and Sophronia Allen, born in Leb- 
anon, N. H., March 2, 1826, died in Cleveland, O., Oct. 31, 
1890. 

He removed to Syracuse, N. Y., and in 1861 to Cleveland, 
O. Was in the dry goods commission business. 

He died Dec. 25, 1895. 

Children : 

1233. i. Carl Proctor,'° b. Nov. 29, 1859. 

ii. Cora Alice, b. Feb. 22, 1869; m. Nov. 24, 1892, George Henry 
Beaumont, of Cleveland, O., b. June i6, 1866. 
Children : 

1. Sabra Merriam Beaumont, b. March 6, 1897. 

2. Cornelia Merriam Beaumont, b. June 7, 1898. 

945 

Frederick Perley ^ {Frederick Jones,^ John,'' John^ John,^ 
John,'' John,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Topsfield, June 16, 
1825; married in Lowell, May 27, 1852, Hannah J., daughter 
of Joseph and Hannah Towne, born in Middleton in 1825. 

Child : 

1234. Henry Greenlief,'° b. Nov. 16, 1855. 

946 

Nathaniel Perley ' (Frederick Jones,^ John,'' John,^ John,^ 
John,-* John,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Topsfield, April 20, 
1834; married in Lowell, April 5, 1855, Sarah Frances, daugh- 
ter of Stephen Felton and Mary (Fish) Scidmore, born in Bev- 
erly, March 16, 1838. 

He went to Danvers in the spring of 1850, and was in the 
employ of French and Tapley, dry goods and groceries mer- 
chants. In 1854 he succeeded them in business and continued 
in it until his death, Nov. 17, 1888. He greatly enlarged the 
establishment, adding a coal and wood department. He was 
a man of strict business habits and helpful in town and church 
affairs; was a Free Mason. He had no children. 

Since his death Mrs. Merriam has resided in Maiden. 



NINTH GENERATION 399 

947 

MmoT Asa ' (or Asa Minot ') (Eldridge,^ John,'' John,'' 
John,^ Nallmniel,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Bedford, 
July, 1838; married Charlotte Gorham. 

He is a farmer, residing in Billerica. 

Children : 

i. Charles Arthur,'" b. June 6, 1863; died, 
ii. Charles Arthur, b. April 20, 1864. 

1237. iii. Frank H., b. Sept. 5, 1865. 

1238. iv. Bert, b. in 1872. 

948 

Nathan Albert " (or Albert Nathan ') {Rldridge,^ John,'' 
John'' John,^ Nalhaniel,* John,' Joseph," William'), born in 
Bedford in March, 1840; married in Lynn, April 8, 1862, 
Mary P., daughter of Thomas and Harriet Lincoln, born at 
Saugus in 1841. 

He was then residing at Bedford, a farmer; afterward at 
Lynn ; removed to Somerville. 

Child : 

Hattie E.,'° b. at Lynn, March 31, 1867; d. in Boston, March 
16, 1875. 

950 

William Augustus' (John A.,^ John,' John,'' John,^ Na- 
thaniel,'' John,' Joseph,' William'), born at Bedford, May 20, 
1834; married in Billerica, Nov. 16, 1859, Mary Jane, daughter 
of Rotert and Harriet (Wade) Decrow, born at Lincolnville, 
Mc., April 4, 1834. 

Resides at Bedford. 

He served in the War of the Rebellion. 

Children : 

i. .'\nnie Frances,'" b. Sept. 8, i860; a teacher in Boston. 

1240. ii. Walter Robert, b. Sept. 18, 1866. 

1241. iii. Arthur Wilder, b. June 28, 1868. 

iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1871; m. Aug. 21, 1895, Elmer 
Holmes Bartlett; res. in Norwood. 



400 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

951 

George Haven » {John A.,^ John,'' John,'' John,^ Nathan- 
iel,'* John,^ Joseph," William^), born in Bedford, Jan. 22, 1840; 
married in Boston, April 30, 1877, Ida Isadore, daughter of 
John and Eliza (Talbot) Hayden, born in Machias, Me., her 
second marriage. 

He owned a farm in Billerica; removed to Chelsea. In his 
will, dated Feb. 3, proved March 8, 1886, he bequeathed all 
to his wife and sister Nancy Willson. 



952 

John Lafayette" {William S.,^ William 5.,' William,^ 
John,'' Nathaniel,-* John,^ Joseph," William '), born in Brook- 
field, Essex County, New York, Feb. 6, 1825 ; married first, 
Jan. 27, 1848, Mahala K. De Lano; she was born Jan. 10, 
1830, and died in Lewes, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1857. He 
married second, Nov. 4, 1858, Helen M., daughter of Alanson 
Wilder, of Lewes, born Dec. 13, 1832. 

He resided at Lewes, N. Y., till October, 1861, when he 
removed to St. Paul, Minn., where he resided until his death, 
Feb. I, 1895. 

He was an active factor in the development of the city of St. Paul, and 
was, from the first, eminent in some of the most successful commercial 
ventures, looking to the development of the city and State, being one 
of the most conspicuous in all that galaxy of sturdy exploiters who were 
identified with the growth of this city. Col. Merriam's first business 
venture was of a nature that had to do with providing transportation fa- 
cilities for the young State. In the fall of i860 he associated himself with 
Messrs. J. C. Burbank and Russell Blakely, under the firm style of Mer- 
riam & Blakely, and they, for some years, conducted the business of the 
Minnesota Stage Company and the Northwestern Express Company. 
During this period Col. Merriam was engaged in the general merchandise 
business at St. Paul and St. Cloud. 

With the rapid development of the State, there came a demand for 
more complete transportation facilities, and Col. Merriam was early in 
the field among the incorporators of railroads to supply and even to an- 
ticipate these requirements. He was one of the promoters of what was 
known in later years as the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad, first known 
as the Minnesota Valley Railroad; and the Worthington & Sioux Falls 
and the St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Road. He organized a con- 
struction company, which had much to do with the early completion of 
the Northern Pacific Railroad. 



NINTH GENERATION 401 

He was an incorporator and stockholder of the First Natioaal and 
the Merchants' National Banks. For many years he was president of the 
Merchants' National Bank. 

Col. Merriam was a Republican of WTiig antecedents, and was twice 
elected to the Legislature from a district which had been overwhelmingly 
Democratic. During his last term Col. Merriam was Speaker of the House. 
This was in 1870; and he remained a prominent figure in public life until 
1876, when he was elected a delegate to the Republican National Con- 
vention. During all the period of his public and business life, Col. Mer- 
riam was an ardent believer in and worker for the future of St. Paul, and 
lived to see many of his hopes in this direction realized. 

Children : 

1243. i. William Rush,"° b. at Wadham's Mills, N. Y., July 26, 1849. 
ii. Jeanne Evelyn, b. Aug. 20, i860; m. April 17, 1895, Will- 
iam Lambert McKenna, of New York City, banker; he 
was b. Nov. 18, 1864. 

iii. Mary Louise, b. April 29, i860; d. Nov. 7, 1862. 

iv. Mark Ball, b. May 13, 1861 ; d. July 10, 1862. 

1244. V. John Wilder, b. in St. Paul, Minn., March 12, 1864. 

1245. vi. Robert Hale, b. April 28, 1868. 

1246. vii. Alanson Wilder, b. July 19, 1872. 



953 

John William' (Albert L.,* William 5.,' William^ John,^ 
Nathaniel,'* John,^ Joseph' William '), born at Sandwich, 
N. Y., Sept. 14, 1856; married in Toledo, O., June 7, 1898, 
Louise Josephine, daughter of Louis and Caroline Hanner, 
born at Providence, O., April 18, 1859. 

He resides in New York. Is an importer and maker of cigars. 

954 

David Hayes ' {David H.,' Josephus,'' William,'' John,^ 
Nathaniel,* John,^ Joseph,'' William '), born in Fitchburg, 
July 6, 1869; married there Sept. 11, 1894, Grace, daughter of 
George A. and C. Maria (Townsend) Lawrence, born in Harris- 
ville in 1862. 

He was register of deeds, 1890-5. 

Children : 

i. Evelyn,'° b. Oct. 21, 1895. 

ii. Theodore Eames, b. Jan. 7, 190a 



402 MXRRIAM GENEALOGY 

958 

John Warren ' {Joseph,^ Joseph,'' Joseph^ Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,'^ John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Grafton, Jan. 2, 
1833; married Sarah Duprea. 

Resided in Worcester. 



969 

Henry Edwin ' {Joseph,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Jo- 
seph,* John,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Grafton, Dec. 10, 
1837; married Octavia Hunt. 

Resided in Gardiner, Me. 



961 

George E." {John H.,^ Joseph,'' Joseph^ Joseph,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Grafton in 1833; married 
at Thomaston, Me., Nov. 6, 1866, Mary H., daughter of Will- 
iam and Eliza (Pearson) Robinson, born in 1846. He resided 
in South Framingham. Was a hat-blocker. He enlisted Sept. 
12, 1862, in the 44th Mass. volunteer infantry in the Civil War; 
was a corporal. Resided after the war in Framingham. 

Children : 

i. Sarah EHza,'° b. Dec. 6, 1867; m. May 21, 1888, Frank War- 
ren, son of Sampson and Lydia A. Bridges, b. in Hopkin- 
ton in 1865, res. in So. Framingham. 

ii. Edward Joseph, b. March 20, 1879. 



962 

Charles J." {Charles,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Joseph,* 
John,^ Joseph,' William '), born Nov. 12, 1836; married March 
3, 1858, Mary Callihan, born in Ireland in 1839. 

He was mustered into the Grafton company of the 15th regi- 
ment Mass. volunteer infantry, July 12, 1861 ; served in the 
Peninsular campaign and in Maryland ; many interesting 
letters from him, while in service, appeared in the Worcester 
Spy. Was killed at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. 



NINTH GENERATION 403 

963 

Lucius P.' {Charles,* Joseph,'' Joseph,'' Joseph,' Joseph," 
John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Grafton, Nov. 22, 1846; 
married . 

Had his elementary education in the public schools of Grafton 
and Worcester, fitted for college at Monson Academy, and was 
graduated from Amherst College, A. B. in 1873; honorary 
A. M., 1877. Was a civilian clerk in the U. S. Army at New- 
bern, N. C., in 1866. Taught school at Springfield Collegiate 
Institute ; Mowry and Goff's School, Providence, R. I. ; the 
high school at Lonsdale, R. L, and Non\'ich school. Was 
instructor in Political Economy in Cornell University. Was 
drowned while boating on Cayuga Lake, Nov. 18, 1893. 

9G5 

Francis H.' {Timothy H.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,'' Joseph,^ 
Joseph,* John,^ Joseph," William^), born in Grafton in 1834; 
married May 29, 1855, Celinda M., daughter of Constant R. 
and Emily Davis, born 1834. 

Residence, Worcester. 

Children : 

i. Jenny A.,'° b. June 16, d. Sept. 10, 1856. 

ii. Fanny C, b. Nov., 1857, d. July 12, i860, x. 2 years, 8 months. 

iii. Susan E., b. Sept. i, 1859. 

966 

Henry Harrison" {NoahK.,^ Tarrant,' Timothy^ Joseph,^ 
Joseph,'' John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Randolph, O., 
March i, 1841 ; married Sept. i, 1863, Marielle, daughter of 
Arunah and Maria Cherry (Adams) Harlow, born Dec. i, 
1842. 

He fitted for college and spent one year at Amherst College 
in the class of 1866. 

He enlisted in July, 1864, in the 42d Mass. volunteer in- 
fantry, Company F, and served in the vicinity of Washington, 
B.C. 

Resides at Worcester; is secretary of the Crompton and 
Knowles Loom Works, with whom he has been ever since 1866. 



404 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He has been a deacon of the Old South Church (Congrega- 
tional) since 1869 ; was president and has been a member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association 
since 1885. He has lent his aid to the issue of this book, serving 
as a member of the committee on the compilation and publi- 
cation of the Genealogy. 

Children : 

1250. i. Walton Harlow,'° b. Dec. 26, 1866. 

1251. ii. Arthur Hammond, b. Feb. 21, 1874. 



967 

Samuel Pecker ' {Joseph Augustus,^ Tarrant,'' Timothy,^ 
Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,' Joseph,'' William'), born at E. Con- 
cord, N. H., Feb. 19, 1850; married June 25, 1873, Sarah 
Harvey, daughter of Winthrop and Sarah Ann Olivia (Piper) 
Fifield, born at the same place, July 26, 1851. 

He resides in St. Louis, Mo. ; is connected with the treasurer's 
office of the St. Louis and Southwestern Ry. Co. 

Children : 

1252. i. Winthrop Harvey,'° b. Jan. 30, 1875. 

ii. Mary Pecker, b. April 18, 1877. 

iii. Joseph Quincy, b. Oct. 4, 1880; d. Oct. 8, 1888. 

iv. Lilian Ada, b. Sept. 4, 1882. 

V. Ruth Ellen, b. Nov. 13, 1885. 

vi. Samuel, b. May 5, 1891. 



968 

Walter Eugene' {Joseph A.,^ Tarrant,'' Timothy,^ Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,"* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born Nov. 8, 1853; 
married Sept. 15, 1884, Kate Phipps, daughter of Robert 
Phipps and Susan M. Riddle, born Nov. 23, 1861. 

He resides at West Cliff, Colo. ; is a druggist. 

Children : 

i. Robert DeForest,'° b. Jan. 13, 1888; d. Dec. 15, 1890. 
ii. Marjorie Eugenie, b. April 25, 1895. 
iii. Catherine Susannah, b. April 6, 1905. 



r 



NINTH GENERATION 405 

969 

Harry Baker ' {John Qtiincy,^ Tarrant,'' Timothy f" Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born Nov. 13, 1861 ; 
married Elizabeth Morton, daughter ^of Alphonso L. and 
Susan Bradford (Cook) Gilkey, born at Portland, Me., Feb. 
23, 1867. Resides at Salt Lake, U. Is assistant engineer of 
the Oregon Short Line R. R. 

Children: 

i. John Gilkey ,'° b. Aug. i, 1892; d. Nov. 6. 1897. 

ii. Susan Bradford, b. June 21, 1894. 

iii. Jackson Gilkey, b. Jan. 20, 1899. 

iv. Louise Gilkey, b. Sept. 4, 1902. 

970 

Edmond Bidwell « (Joseph B.,^ Joseph,'' Timothy,^ Joseph,' 
Joseph,^ Johii,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Cleveland, O., 
Dec. 3, 1863; married first, July i, 1886, Cornelia Day Young- 
love, vi^ho died Dec. 3, 1891 ; he married second, Feb. 20, 1900, 
Elizabeth King, of Newark, O. 

Ho is president of the Paragon Insulating Company of Cleve- 
land, O. 

Children : 

i. Marie Y.,'° b. April 26, 1887. 

ii. Albert Y., b. Nov. 28, 1888. 

iii. Josephine N., b. Nov. 22, 1891; d. Nov. 17, 1893. 

iv. Catherine King, b. July 14, 1905. 



5(71 

Howard Theodore ' {Theodore F.,^ Joseph,^ Timothy,'' 
Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Randolph, 
O., July II, 1859; married June 6, 1883, Clara A. Wilmore, 
who died May 4, 1904. 

He taught school some time ; has since been railroad station 
agent. 

Children : 

i. Chester,"" b. June 16, 1888. 
ii. Arthur, b. July 17, 1895. 



406 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

972 

Chester Adams " {Theodore F.,^ Joseph,^ Timothy f" Jo- 
seph,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,^ William'), born at Randolph, 
O., Nov. i8, 1863; married at Alexandria, S. Dak., May, 1880, 
May Alice Marsh. Settled at Oxford, Mich., where he is a 
prominent member of the Congregational church and super- 
intendent of the Sunday school. 

973 

Morrison Ellsworth" {Theodore F.,^ Joseph,'' Timothy,^ 
Joseph,^ Joseph,^ John,^ Joseph,^ William'), born at Randolph, 
O., Oct. 15, 1867; married Aug. 10, 1903, Annie Lund, of 
Massachusetts. He was graduated at Williams College, 1892, 
Andover Theological Seminary, 1895 ; did home missionary 
service, and labored under the Am. Missionary Assoc, in North 
Carolina some time; is now teaching at Chico, Cal. 



974 

Joseph Bidwell, 2d » {Theodore F.,^ Joseph,'' Timothy,^ 
Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph," William "), born at Randolph, 
O., Oct. 28, 1872 (twin with Junius Lathrop); married at 
Rootstown, O., Feb. 20, 1901, Esther M. Seymour. 

He graduated in mechanical engineering at State University, 
Purdue, Ind. ; has made several new designs of gas engines and 
improvements in operation; is now a superintendent in the 
Bruce, Meriam & Abbott Gas Engine Co., Cleveland, O. 

Children : 

i. Sarah,'° b. Sept., IQ02. 
ii. Marguerite, b. Oct., 1904. 

976 

Oliver Frelinghuyson ' {Theodore F.,^ Joseph,'' Timothy^ 
Joseph,^ Joseph,'' John,^ Joseph," William'), born at Randolph, 
O., Nov. 3, 1882 ; married May 25, 1905, Dotha M. Woolf. 

He is a farmer on the old homestead, carrying into practice 
whatever he may find valuable of the teachings he received at 
the State Agricultural College of Columbus, O. 



NINTH GENERATION 407 

Child : 

Ruth,'° b. May i6, 1906. 

984 

Horatio Cook ' {Horatio C.,^ Tarrant P.,' John^ Samuel,^ 
Joseph* John,^ Joseph' William^), born in Tewksbury, March 
20, 1849 ; married Sept. 12, 1878, Edith, daughter of Samuel H. 
and Elizabeth (Scott) Worcester, torn in Baltimore, Md., 
1856. 

He graduated at Harvard Dental School in 1874; settled at 
Salem in the practice of dentistry. 

Children : 

i. Welles,'" b. July 17, 1879; Harv. Univ., A. B., 1899. 

ii. Townsend Scott, b. April 17, 1881. 

iii. Lewis, b. Oct. 5, 1883; Harv. Coll., 1905. 

iv. Horatio Cook, b. Dec. 29, 1889. 

V. Richard Stockton, b. Nov. 28, 1893. 

986 

Frank Batcheler » {John //.,* Tarrant P.,' John^ Samuel,^ 
Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in New York City, 
July 20, 1854; married Nov. 13, 1873, Emma Stevens. 

Carpenter; residence, Hoboken and Jersey City, N. J. 

Children : 

i. Lillian,'" b. April 30, 1874; d. .\ug., 1875. 

ii. Florence, b. Nov. 20, 1883. 

iii. Emma, b. April 16, 1885. 

iv. Frank B., b. Nov. 26, 1886. 

988 

Franklin M.» {Joseph,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,' Jo- 
seph,* John,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Mason, N. H., Sept. 

13, 1824; married first ; married second, in Boston, 

Sept. 16, 1876, Mrs. Elvira R. Caswell, daughter of Elias A. 
and Minerva Keeler, born in Hyde Park, Vt., 1839, her second 
marriage. He was a newsdealer in Boston at the time. He 
married third, June 15, 1887, Catherine, daughter of John 
and Mary Doyle, born in England in 1861. 



408 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

989 

Augustus D.' {Joseph,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathan,^ Joseph,'* 
John,^ Joseph,' William^), born in Mason, N. H., May 3, 
1832; resided in Boston; married there July 29, 1862, Victoria 
Annette, daughter of Ichabod and Maria Simmons, born in 
Plymouth in 1838. Became a doctor; resided at Plymouth. 

Children : 

i. George D.,'° b. Sept. 6, d. Oct. 12, 1865. 

ii. Nannie Frances, b. Nov. 15, 1867. 

iii. Harriet Ellen, b. Sept.'jo, 1870. 

iv. Grace S., b. June 28, d. Sept. 10, 1872. 

990 

Henry Wilson « {Elisha /.,** Joseph,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,'^ 
Joseph,* John,^ Joseph," William^), born in Mason, N. H., Jan. 
20, 1828; married June 16, 1859, Fannie P. GuUiver. 

Resided in New York City, 1851 to 1873. Entered upon the 
manufacture of boots and shoes at Newton, N. J. He made 
a present of $10,000 to his 350 employees on his 64th birth- 
day, and followed it with a Christmas present of $6,500, divid- 
ing the money so as to recognize services according to their 
value and length of time in his employ. He has been an elder 
in the Presbyterian church, director in the Merchants Na- 
tional Bank, and otherwise prominent and serviceable to the 
community, and highly respected. 

991 

Samuel Lane' {Elisha /.,** Joseph,'' Joseph^' Nathan,'' 
Joseph,"" John,^ Joseph,' William^), born Oct. 18, 1832; mar- 
ried in Plymouth, Sept. 18, 1856, Frances A. T., daughter of 
Jeremiah Learned, born in Whitinsville (Lancaster), Oct. i, 
1834. 

He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes, removed to New 
York City; manufactured largely for the government during 
the war. 

He died June 22, 1863. 

Children : 

i. Oliver L.,'° b. at Plymouth, Sept. 20, 1857. 



NINTH GENERATION 409 

ii. Maybelle Frances, b. at Plvmouth, July 13, 1861. 
iii. Nellie Josephine, b. at New York City, Jan. 13, 1863. 

992 

John J.' {Elisha /.,* Joseph,'' Joseph^ Nathan,' Joseph," 

John,^ Joseph,^ William '), born Sept. 25, 1839 ; niarried . 

Residence, Pittston, Pa. ; a portrait and landscape artist. 

Children : 

i. Helen D.,'° b. July 17, 1866. 
ii. Edwin \V., b. Nov. 23, 1874. 
iii. Henry F., b. May 25, 1879. 

993 

George Franklin » {Franklin,^ Joseph,'' Joseph^ Nathan,' 
Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph," William^), born at Mason, N. H., 
Oct. 20, 1836; married Aug. ii, 1868, Elizaljeth, daughter of 
Henry McGowen, of Clinton. He was graduated at Amherst 
College, 1861 ; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1864; at 
Union Theological Seminary one year ; ordained pastor Congre- 
gational church of Greenville, N. H., March 9, 1865; repre- 
sentative to State legislature, 1873. 

994 

Everett B.» {Samuel,^ Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,' Joseph,* 

John,^ Joseph," William '), born June 30, 1835 ; married . 

Residences, Morrisville, Vt., and Kansas City, Mo. 

Child : 

Carroll Iiurnham'°; res. Topeka, Kan. 

995 

Charles Wentworth ' {Samuel,^ Samuel,'' Joseph^ Na- 
than,' Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born Nov. 4, 1845; 
married Alice Harmon, of Chicago, 111. 

99G 

Samuel Brooks' {Moses,^ Samuel,'' Joseph^ Nathan,' 
Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William^), born at Mason, N. H., 



410 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Nov. 9, 1838; married July 4, 1869, Josephine M. Mann, of 
Westmoreland, N. H., born Dec. 16, 1851. 

Removed to Rochester, later to Johnstown, and afterward 
to Little Falls, N. Y. He died Feb. 5, 1898. 

Children : 

i. Nellie,'° b. at Rochester, N. Y., May 15, 1871; d. Nov. 23, 

1872. 
ii. Arthur, b. July 25, d. Nov. 20, 1872. 
iii. Martha Judson, b. Nov. 29, 1873; d. Aug. 9, 1874. 
iv. Lettie Alice, b. Nov. 25,1875; m. Sept. 28, 1905, George Nathan 

Smith ; res. at Fort Plain, N. Y. 

997 

Charles Edward" (Aaron B.,^ Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Na- 
than,^ Joseph,' John,' Joseph,' William'), born Sept. 7, 1850; 
married January, 1883, Emma Bump, of Binghamton, N. Y. ; 
she died June 22, 1903. 

He was a banker at Garden City, Kan. ; removed to New 
York City in 1895; with HoUister, Crane & Co., grain 
merchants. 

998 

Arthur Lewis' {Isaac L.,'> Samuel,'' Joseph,'' Nathan,^ 
Joseph,' John,' Joseph,' William'), born at Oswego, N. Y., 
May I, 1849; married at Madison, N. J., Jan. 25, 1905, Ellen 
Gait Martin Rogers. 

He is president of the Ames Iron Works at Oswego, N. Y., 
and resides at New York City. Has been president of the Re- 
publican Club of the city, and in other ways prominent in 
matters of public welfare. 

999 

Walter Bertrand " {Isaac L.,^ Samuel,' Joseph^' Nathan,' 
Joseph,' John,' Joseph,' William'), born at New York City, 
Jan. 14, 1874; married at Oswego, N. Y., June 17, 1902, Kate 
Morrison. 

Child : 

Helen B.," b. at Greenwich, Ct., .\pril 25, 1903; d. at Oswego, 
N. Y., June 16, 1904. 




CHARLES PIKRCE MERRIAM 



NINTH GENERATION 411 

1001 

George Franklin' {George,^ Nathan,'' Amos^ Nathan,^ 
Joseph," John,^ Joseph," William '), born in Princeton, July 
31, 1841 ; married at Northborough, where he was then resid- 
ing, Oct. 9, 1S61, Nancy, daughter of Emerson and Susanna 
Bucklin Williams, born in Northborough in 1842. 

1007 

Frank William « {Joseph F.,* Aims,'' Amos,'' Nathan,^ 
Joseph," John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Brimfield, July 
20, 1851; married at Palmer, May 11, 1874, Lilla Pierce, 
daughter of Andrew Warren and Ann Eliza (Heermann) 
Conant, born in Springfield, residing in Palmer. 

He was a machinist ; also some time a commercial traveller ; 
is now a farmer at Brimfield. 

Children : 

i. Robert Frank,'° b. March 12, 1875. Is a member of the class 
of 1907 in the Dental Dept. of Univ. of Pennsylvania. 
1255. ii. Harold Frederick Conant, b. Feb. i, 1880. Has developed 
a large business at Springfield and Ware in the sale of music, 
instruments, etc. 

ill. Ernest Lewis, b. at Brimfield, Sept. 9, 1885. Business man- 
ager of Merriam's music store at Ware. 

1010 

Charles Pierce'^ {Lei'i P.," Amos,' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Jo- 
seph," John,' Joseph," William '), born \Iay 29, 1856, at Lewis- 
ton, Ale. At the age of nine he accompanied his parents to 
Italy and lived for two years at San Francesco d'Albaro, one 
of the most attractive suburbs of Genoa. As schools here were 
out of the question, he received his tuition at home from his 
father and mother. On Mr. Merriam's removal to England in 
1867, Charles lived with his parents for seven or eight months 
at Surbiton, Eng., and then his father sent him back to America 
to attend the Lawrence Grammar School for two years, and 
during most of this time he resided with his maternal grand- 
mother, Mrs. C. J. Pierce, in North Andover. Returning to 
England early in 1870, he was sent, about Easter-time of that 
year, to the Moravian School at Kbnigsfeld in the Black Forest 



412 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

in Germany, where he remained for one year. His parents 
visited Switzerland in April, 187 1, and consulted a well-known 
professor at Zurich as to their son's eyes, he being very near- 
sighted. The result was that Mr. Merriam took his son away 
from school, although not quite fifteen, and employed him at 
out-of-door work in connection with his business, and for four 
years Charles tramped the streets of London collecting money 
for the English Condensed Milk Company. On his father's 
entering the Xylonite business, he became his assistant, acting 
in almost every capacity in the early days of the industry. He 
became secretary of the British Xylonite Company in 1888, 
shortly before his father's death ; a director in 1889 and manag- 
ing director in 1894, which position he still holds. Mr. Merriam 
married at London, June 2, 1886, Anne Susan, second daughter 
of Charles B. Brooke, J. P., of Highbury, London, partner in 
London of the American firm of Phelps, James & Co. (Phelps, 
Dodge & Co. in New York). 

He has lived in Highbury (Islington Parish), London, for 
more than a quarter of a century, and has for a number of years 
been one of the deacons of Union Chapel, Islington (Congre- 
gational), of which the late Dr. AUon was for many years pastor. 
As a hobby, Mr. Merriam collected for a number of years all 
then ascertainable records of the Merriam family in England, 
and had them privately printed in 1900. 

Our readers will all join in grateful acknowledgment to him 
for this great benefit to the family, and for the additional gen- 
erosity which led him to take an active part in the compilation 
and issue of this volume. 

(See introduction and the partial reprint of Mr. Merriam's 
book which follows on pages i.x. to 26.) 

Children : 

i. Charles Franklin,'° b. March 25, 1887. 

ii. Katharine, b. Sept. 25, 1888. 

iii. Edith Annie, b. April 3, 1890. 

iv. Laurence Pierce Brooke, b. Jan. 28, 1894. 

1017 

John Campbell' {Charles £.,** Marshall,'' Amos,'^ Nathan,^ 
Joseph,^ John,^ Joseph,"" William^), born at Hopkinton, la., 
Oct. 20, 1869; married Dec. 22, 1896, Ada Gertrude Little. 



NINTH GENER.A.TION 413 

Professor of Paleontology in the University of California at 
Berkeley, Cal. ; author of various valuable papers and 
pamphlets on his discoveries, descriptions of animals in cave 
deposits, etc. [We regret the failure of our efforts to secure 
adequate notice of this eminent gentleman and his brother.] 

Child : 

Laurence Campbell,'" b. April lo, 1898. 

1018 

Charles Edward ' {Charles £.,* Marshall,'' Amos^ Na- 
than,^ Joseph,^ Johii,^ Joseph' William '), lx)rn Nov. 15, 1874; 
married Hilda, daughter of James Doyle, of Constableville, 
N.Y. 

Associate in Political Sciences in the University of Chicago; 
author of "American Political Theories." 

1021 

Arthur Carlos' {Ephraim C,* Marshall,'' Ephraim,'' 
Nathan,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Wash- 
ington, D. C, July 27, 1866; married Oct. 2, 1890, Rebecca 
Susannah, daughter of Charles and Augusta M. Weaver. 

He prepared for college at Rittenhouse Academy and Colum- 
bian Preparatory School ; Dartmouth College to close of sopho- 
more year; Columbian Medical School, M. D., 1889. In 
practice at Washington, D. C. 

Children : 

i. Arthur Carlos, Jr.,'° b. Oct. 20, 189 1. 

ii. Rebecca Susannah, b. Nov. 15, 1893. 

iii. Ephraim Marshall, b. Sept. 20, 1897. 

iv. Russell Weaver, b. May 31, 1903. 

V. Augusta Matilda, b. Oct. 20, 1905. 

1022 

Edgar Nathan « {Ephraim C.,^ Marshall,^ Ephraim,^ N'a- 
than,^ Joseph,"" John,^ Joseph," William '), lx)rn at Washington, 
D. C., Aug. 10, 1878; married there Dec. 19, 1900, Olive, 
daughter of Jerome and Almira Lee, of Mansfield, O. 

He was educated in the public schools of Washington, and 



414 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

afterward studied mechanical engineering, to which he has 
devoted his energies. 

Child: 

Joyce Lee,'° b. at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 22, 1902. 

1045 

Walter Galen '° {Galen, Jr.,^ Galen,'' Timothy,^ Josiah,^ 
Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, March 
5, 1875; married May 11, 1895, Fannie P. Murchie, of St. 
Andrews, N. B. 

1046 

Charles '° (Herbert,'^ Charles,^ Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,"* 
Johii,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Milton, Aug. 3, 1871 ; mar- 
ried Dec. 2, 1902, Georgiana Cook, daughter of Charles Samuel 
and Alice (Higginbotham) Hemingway, born in Holyoke, 
May 6, 1881. 

He was graduated at Harvard University in the class of 1893 ; 
was with the Lyman Cotton Mills of Holyoke eleven years, 
superintendent for the latter part of the time. Now resides in 
Weston, carrying on a stock farm. 

He took a deep interest in the preparation and issue of this 
Genealogy, aiding in many ways in its development and issue. 

Child : 

Charles,'° b. Jan. 26, 1904. 



TENTH GENERATION 



1060 



George Spring '° {George,'^ Dan,^ Ehenezer,'' Benjamin,'' 
Ehenezer,^ Joseph," William,' Joseph,' William'), born in 
Springfield, Jan. 13, 1843; married first, June 30, 1868, Mrs. 
Fanny Staples (Smith) Post, daughter of Rt. Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth and Harriet (Staples) Smith, and widow of Rev. 



TENTH GENERATION 415 

Henry A. Post, bom July 17, 1839, died Jan. 13, 1878. He 
married second, June 30, 1897, Susan Adela, daughter of Dr. 
Sylvanus and Lucy Maria (Clapp) Clapp, born June 19, 1852. 
He graduated at Yale University, 1864; was a theological 
student at Yale Divinity School, 1865-68; tutor in the college 
1866-68. Associate editor of The Christian Union, now called 
The Outlook, 1870-75. Since 1878 resident in Springfield. 
Member of the Board of Directors of G. & C. Merriam (pub- 
lishers of Webster's Dictionary), but chiefly engaged in liter- 
ary pursuits. Author of "A Living Faith," "The Way of 
Life," "The Life and Times of Samuel Bowles," "The Story 
of William and Lucy Smith," "Noah Porter" (a memorial by 
friends), "A Symphony of the Spirit" (compilation of poems), 
"The Chief End of Man," "Reminiscences and Letters of 
Caroline C. Briggs," "The Negro and the Nation" (a history 
of American slavery and enfranchisement). 

1061 

James Fiske '° (George,'' Dau,'^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,'' Ebene- 
zer,^ Joseph,'' William,' Joseph,' William'), lx)rn in Spring- 
field, May 2, 1845; married April 7, 1869, Charlotte Elizabeth, 
daughter of Edward Lee and Sarah Charlotte (Sessions) 
Sprague, born Aug. 27, 1845. 

He graduated at Yale in 1867. Studied theology at New 
Haven and Andover, 1867-1871. Pastor at Farmington, 
Ct., 1871-72. Pastor at Indian Orchard (near Springfield), 
1877-79; was refused installation there by a Congregational 
council, called for the purpose on account of his disbelief in 
the doctrine of future punishment; an event somewhat noted 
as a battle-ground and turning point in the latitude of theologi- 
cal opinion among Congregational clergy ; but he was retained 
by the local church until obliged to retire by reason of ill health. 

In business as a dealer in investment securities, 1884-1895. 
Resides at Springfield. 



Children : 



Helen," b. Sept. 6, 1870. 
Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1872. 



416 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1063 

Edwin Dwight '° {Lewis,'' Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,^ 
Ebenezer,' Joseph,' William,' Joseph,' William'), born at West 
Brookfield, Feb. 19, 1839; married first, April 22, 1869, at 
Mystic River, Ct., Mary Fanny, daughter of Capt. Martin 
and Abby (Miner) Smith, born at Mystic River, Conn., July 
26, 1S48, died March 11, 1879. He was married second, at the 
Church of the Transfiguration, New York, by Rev. George C. 
Houghton, D. D., Nov. 8, 1902, to Helen Safford, daughter of 
Joseph Barclay and Harriet (Safford) Brown, born at Charlton, 
N. Y., Aug. I, 1868. 

He was educated at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, and 
Monson Academy; went to Chicago, 111., in 1856, when it was 
comparatively a small city, and later to Indianapolis, Ind., in 
1863. Was a private in Co. G, 107th Regt., Indiana Volunteer 
Minute Men, and honorably discharged. Afterward returned 
to Greenfield, Mass., and succeeded his father in the book- 
selling business. Removed to New York City. 

Children : 

i. Fanny Smith," b. April 23, 1870; grad. Woman's Medical 
College of the N. Y. Infirmary with degree of M. D.; now 
a practitioner in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. She m. there Sept. 23, 
1899, Stephen Oscar Myers, M. D., Albany Med. Coll., 1874. 
ii. Edith Dwight, b. Dec. 18, 187 1 ; m. at Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Jan. 
6, 1898, Walter James, son of Walter Jeremiah and Emilie 
(Coddington) McNaier. 

«.» Y/ /7 /^ Merriam McNaier, b. Feb. 27, 1899. 

// / ^ / ;/f/vf/ 5 U^vt^y^a^ ■ Lewis, b. Jan. 26, 1874 ; grad. Mt. Holyoke College, 1897. 

UJittM. :i'MjL ^K.pC'^fVM.iiPtD \\.., mustered in May 10, 1898; encamped at Lakeland, 
J? . ^ V Tampa Heights, Fla.; in Cuba with the army of inva- 

^ ifdCJiycj't-U.'-^ , f- At battle of Guasimas and in battles of July I, 2, and 3. 
^ ^ jit with his battalion (the 3d, Maj. Keck) up San Juan 

Hill into the Block House, where he was on guard for the 
night with his company. At the bombardment of Santiago 
de Cuba July 10 and 11 and the siege and final surrender of 
the city July 17, 1898. Also during the terrible days in the 
"death camps" along the San Juan hills, Cuba, and at Mon- 
tauk, N. Y. Mustered out Nov. 18, 1898. Resides in New 
York City. 



TENTH GENERATION 417 



1064 



Henry HoivrER '° {Homer,'' Dan,'' Ebenezer,'' Benjamin,^ 
Ebenezer,^ Joseph,'* William,^ Joseph,^ William'), born in Troy, 
N. Y., July 2, 1851; married first, at Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 
8, 1874, Elizabeth Georgiana, daughter of George Paul and 
Caroline Elizabeth (Moore) Wolcott, torn at Rochester, N. Y., 
June 28, 1856; he married second, at Cambridge, April 18, 
1894, Mary Cecilia, daughter of William and Mary Bowers, 
born in 1867. 

He resides at Worcester. 

Children : 
1261. i. Charles Wolcott," b. in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1876. 
ii. Marj' Elizabeth, b. do. Jan. 20, 1877. 
iii. Katherine, b. in Cambridge, Dec. 10, 1895. 

1065 

Arthur Gardner '° {Homer,'' Dan,^ Ebenezer,^ Benjamin,^ 
Ebenezer,^ Joseph,'' William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 
Springfield, Dec. 24, 1859; married there Feb. i, 1887, his 
step-sister, Ruth Ellen, daughter of Rolx'rt H. and Ellen B. 
Clisbe, born in Springfield, Dec. 22, 1859. 

In 1884 he became a clerk in the publishing house, and in 
1892 acquired a part of his father's interest in the business and 
became a member of the firm. He has removed to Pasadena, 
California. 

Children : 

i. Dorothy Jane, b. June 10, 1889; d. Nov. 9, 1889. 
ii. Robert Clisbe, b. May 29, 189 1. 
iii. Thirza Rowley, b. Aug. 16, 1893. 

1068 

Evan B.'° {Seeley,'> Samuel, " Irhaboit,' Ichahod:' hhahod,' 
William,'' William,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Smithville, 
N. Y., May 2, 1861 ; married Nov. 20, 1893, Helen Hill, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin Bruce and Mary T. (Hill) Read, born Nov. 
19, 1865. 

He is the representative of McKesson & Robbins, druggists 
and manufacturing chemists. New York City, for W'cstern 
New York; has his residence at Niagara Falls. 



418 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Child: 

Jane Elise," b. July 26, d. July 29, 1895. 

1069 

George Barnes '° {Ichabod,'' Samuel,^ Ichabod,'' Ichabod,^ 
Ichabod,^ William," William,^ Joseph,' William'), born April 
13, 1872 ; married Mae, daughter of William C. and Ellen May 
Rose, born June 21, 1876. 

He graduated from the New York School of Pharmacy; is 
a druggist at Lake Placid, N. Y. ; member of Knights of Pythias 
and several Masonic orders and other fraternities. 

Children : 

i. Lionel," b. Sept. 3, d. Sept. 23, 1895. 
ii. Helen Rose, b. July 19, 1898. 



1075 

Charles Collins'" (Clinton L.," Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' Na- 
thaniel,'' Nathaniel,^ John," William,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
in New York City, Nov. 10, 1850; married June 28, 1876, 
Florence Isabella, daughter of Hon. Lyman R. Lyon, born 
June 26, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of New 
York and Brooklyn and the military academies at Sing Sing 
and White Plains; attended lectures at Columbia College in 
1869. Was clerk of his father while he was a member of Con- 
gress, 1871-7.2. Travelled in Europe six months. Was cashier 
in a cotton commission house in New York City, 1874 and 

1875- 

Has resided at Lyons Falls, N. Y., since his marriage, and is 
engaged in real estate business and dealing in forest products ; 
is an elder in the Presbyterian Church. 

Children : 

1265. i. Lyman Lyon," b. Nov. 4, 1877. 

ii. Robert McBurney, b. Oct. 24, 1879; d. Oct. 3, 1880. 

iii. Clinton Nathaniel, b. Dec. 8, 1880; d. Feb. 14, 188 1. 

iv. Carolyn Augusta, b. March 5, 1884; m. Sept. 10, 1903, Fred- 
erick De Puyster Hone, of New York City, b. at Morris- 
town, N. J., Oct. 10, 1873; grad. Stevens Technical Insti- 
tute, 1897; a grandson of Commodore Matthew Galbraith 
Perry, \J. S. N., who secured the opening of Japan to the 



TENTH GENERATION 419 

commerce of the Western world in 1854. Mr. Hone is a 
civil engineer. 

Child : 

Carolyn Merriam Hone, b. May 9, 1905. 
V. Helen Lyon, b. Oct. 14, 1891. 

1()7(> 

Clinton Hart '° (Clinton L.,' Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' Nathaniel,'' 
Nathaniel,^ John;' William,' Joseph,^ William'), born at 
Leyden, N. Y. (Locust Grove P. O.), Dec. 5, 1855; married 
in 1886 Virginia Elizabeth Gosnel, of Virginia. 

He was educated at the Military Academy of White Plains, N. Y., Pin- 
grey's School for Boys at Elizabeth, N. J., Williston Seminary, Easthamp- 
ton, Mass., and the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University (special, 
class of 1877). He studied medicine in the Yale Medical School, and 
graduated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, February, 
1879; practised at Locust Grove, New York, from 1878 to 1885; was 
president of the Medical Society of Lewis County, New York. Since then 
his life work has been in zoology, botany and ethnology. 

In the spring of 1872, he was appointed naturalist of Hayden's Survey 
of the Territories and traversed parts of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Mon- 
tana, including the now famous Yellowstone Park, and brought back large 
collections of mammals and birds. In 1875, he was appointed (by Prof. 
Spencer V. Baird) assistant on the U. S. Fish Commission, with headquarters 
atWoods Hole, Mass., and carried on dredging and other work on marine in- 
vertebrates. In March, 1883, he visited Newfoundland and the Arctic Seal 
Fishery, as surgeon to the S. S.Proleus. In the spring of 1885, he visited 
Germany. Holland, and England. He was invited to organize a government 
division of ornithology and mammalogy in the Department of Agriculture, 
and was appointed chief of the division, which, under his charge, has grown 
into the U. S. Biological Sun'ey, a bureau with subordinate sections: In 
1891, he led the Death Valley E.xpedition; was then appointed a member 
of the U. S. Bering Sea Commission to investigate the fur seal on the 
Pribilof Islands in Alaska. Since then he has been continuing his biological 
survey of various States and Territories. His publications include: — 

"Birds of Connecticut," 1877; "Mammals of the Adirondacks," 1882- 
1884; "Results of Biological Survey of San Francisco Mountain Region 
and Desert of Little Colorado in Arizona," 1890; "Biological Reconnais- 
sance of Idaho," 1891; "Geographic Distribution of Life in North .Amer- 
ica," 1892; "Trees, Shrubs, Cactuses, and Yuccas of Death Valley E.x- 
pedition," 1893; "Laws of Temperature Control of Geographic Distri- 
bution of Terrestrial Animals and Plants," 1894; "Monographic Revision 
of the Pocket Gophers (Geomyidae)," 1895; "Revision of American 
Shrews," 1895 ; "Synopsis of Weasels of North America, " 1896 ; " Life Zones 
and Crop Zones of the United States," 1898; " Biological Sur\'ey of Mount 
Shasta, California," 1899; "The Indian Population of California," 1905; 



420 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

"Is Mutation a Factor in the Evolution of the Higher Vertebrates?" igo6; 
also about three hundred papers on zoological and botanical subjects; in 
addition to which he has edited the several volumes of the Harriman Alaska 
Expedition. 

Dr. Merriam is a member of the Washington Academy; the Biological, 
Anthropological, and Philosophical Societies; of the Society of 
American Foresters; National Geographic Society and National Acad- 
emy; Fellow of the Ornithologists' Union; vice-president of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, and foreign member of the 
London Zoological Society. 

Children : 

i. Dorothy," b. in i8go. 
ii. Zenaida, b. in 1892. 

1077 

Walter Hippeau '° {James S.,^ Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' Na- 
thaniel^ Nathaniel,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,^ William'), 
born July 9, 1867; married March 28, 1901, Elizabeth May- 
Wildes, of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

He is a lawyer in New York City. 

Children : 

i. Lola May," b. March 30, 1902. 
ii. Irene Lucile, b. April 2, 1904. 

1078 

Edwin Alexander'" {Gustavus F.,'> Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' 
Nathaniel^ Nathaniel,^ John,* William,^ Joseph," William'), 
born Aug. 31, 1864; married June 5, 1889, Kittie M. Keyes, 
of Keyes Canon, Cal. Resides at Escondido, Cal. 

Child : 

Edward." 

1080 

Frederick H. Oadley,'° {Charles J/.,' Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' 
Nathaniel^ Nathaniel,^ John,'* Willtam,^ Joseph," William'), 
born Feb. 12, 1880; married April 14, 1903, Helena Raphael, 
daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Henry) Keiffer, born 
Sept 19, 1882. Resides at Lyon Falls, N. Y. 



TENTH GENERATION 421 

1082 

Edward Porter-° {Matthew H.,'> Matthew,'' Nathaniel,'' 
Matthew^ Nathaniel,^ John* William,^ Joseph,' William '), 
born at Charlestown, Nov. 22, 1869; married in Lexington, 
Sept. 5, 1894, Grace Elise, daughter of Charles Chnton and 
Alice (Phelps) Goodwin. 

He is a manufacturer at Boston, residing at Lexington. 

Children : 

i. Robert Clinton," b. Jan. 3, 1896. 
ii. Gordon Pheljxs, b. Jul}' 29, 1899. 

1090 

George Couch ■° {Nelson,'' Lauren,^ Asaph,' William,'' 
William,^ John,'* William,' Joseph,' William '), born in Aleri- 
den, Ct., Sept. 17, 1834; married May 29, 1867, Helen Rebecca 
Bradley, born Nov. 25, 1839. 

He served in the volunteer army of the U. S. A. in the War 
of the Rebellion; was lieutenant in the 15th Conn, volunteer 
infantry; then captain in the 8th Conn.; served through the 
war, and was then for six months provost marshal at Lynch- 
burg, Va. Engaged in the manufacture of furniture and hard- 
ware in Aleriden, Ct. ; was president and treasurer finally of 
the Foster, Merriam Company. Having no children of their 
own, he and Mrs. Merriam adopted the children of his brother 
Nelson Cowles Merriam. He died ALirch 23, 1904. Mrs. 
Merriam continues in the beautiful hillside home. 

1091 

Nelson Cowles '° {Nelson,^ Lauren,^ Asaph,' William,'' 
William,^ John,"* Willia7n,> Joseph,' William'), born in Meri- 
den, Ct., Nov. 8, 1847; married Oct. 8, 1873, Rosella Jane 
Kingsley, of Coventry, born June 26, 1851 ; died Jan. 29, 1888. 

He died June 17, 1888. [See foregoing article.] 

Children : 

1. Ruth Kingsley," b. June 16, 1876. 

ii. Robert James, b. Jan. 14, 1879. He was graduated at Wesleyan 
University, Middletovvn, Ct., in 1900. Is treasurer of the 
Foster, Merriam Company, of Meriden, Ct. 

iii. Nelson Cowles, Jr., b. Jan. 13, d. July 17, 1888. 



422 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1100 

Charles Loveland '° (Edwin J.,' Noah,^ Asaph,'' Will- 
iam,^ William,^ John,'' William,^ Joseph,^ William^), born in 
Meriden, Ct., Oct. 9, 1855; married first (by Rev. Edward G. 
Porter, pastor of the Hancock Church of Lexington), June 26, 
1883, AHce P., daughter of John and Mary E. Davis, born in 
Lexington in 1855, a teacher of music at Andover. He married 
second, May 12, 1886, Lydia S., daughter of Simeon W. and 
Frances A. McLautlilin, of Kingston, born 1863. 

He was graduated at Yale College in 1879; Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary, 1882; was ordained Sept. 13, 1882, pastor 
of the Congregational church of Kingston. Removed in 1902 
to Derry, N. H. 

1103 

Frank A.'° {Asaph,'' Salmon,* Asaph,'' William^ William,^ 
John,'* William,^ Joseph,'' William'), born at Meriden, Ct.) 
about 1870; married at Acton, Dec. 2, 1891, Bertha M., daugh- 
ter of James F. and Elizabeth (Whitney) Jones. 

A manufacturer of piano stools, etc., at Acton. 

Children : 

i. Harold Asaph," b.- April 20, 1893. 
ii. Florence Ada, b. Dec. 29, 1894. 
iii. Irene Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1899. 

1109 

Henry Estes •" {Henry G.," Henry,* Thomas,'' Thomas,'' 
William,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,^ William '), born in Wa- 
verly, N. Y., May 21, 1869 ; married July 26, 1899, Helena Hul- 
bert Hazen, of Marathon, N. Y. 

Studied at Waverly public schools, graduating from the high 
school in 1887; was a member of the class of 1892 at Cornell 
University; graduated at N. Y. Homoeopathic Medical Col- 
lege in 1895. In practice at Owego, N. Y. 

1110 

Frank Wells '° {Charles £.," Henry,* Thomas,'' Thomas,'^ 
William,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,'' William '), born May 9, 



TENTH GENERATION 423 

1866; married Aug. 27, 1890, Florence, daughter of Jacob B. 
and Matilda H. (Snyder) Floyd, born Nov. 7, 1865. 
Resides in Waverly, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Herbert Floyd," b. July 21, 1893. 
ii. Jean Wells, b. Dec. 23, 1897. 



1112 

Noah '° (Henry H.,^ Noah,^ Thomas,'' Thonms^ William,' 
John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Ocepo,-N. Y., 
Sept. 2, 1867; married March 15, 1893, Nettie M. Hooker. 

He is a farmer, residing on the same farm which his father 
cleared and occupied so long at Oswego Falls (now Fulton), 
N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Margaret," b. Jan. 27, 1894. 
ii. Isabel, b. May 10, 1896. 
iii. Elsie, b. Nov. 8, 1901. 

1120 

Edward Jones*'° {George 5.,' Zera,^ Aaron,^ Benjamin,'' 
Joseph,' John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1857; married there June 26, 1883, Ella 
Isalx'l, daughter of Silas Downer and Esther Ann (Southard) 
Stratton, born Sept. 17, 1855. 

He is president of the Merriam Paper Company of New 
York City. 

Children : 

i. Vara Heaton," b. Thursday, May 29, 1884, at 3.30 P. M. 
ii. Elizabeth Madella, b. Sunday, May 5, 1889, at 5 a. m. 

1125 

William A\ek'° {Ahin O.,' Cyrus,^ Aaron,'' Benjamin,'' 
Joseph,' John,'* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Caze- 
novia, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1869 ; married Dec. 17, 1889, Lubelle E., 

' • Name formerly Edmund. 



424 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

daughter of John E. and Margery Wilson, of Worcester, where 
he was then living. 

Child : 

Margera E.," b. Aug. 4, 1893. 

1130 

Edward Scovill '° {George W.,'^ Edward S.,^ Joseph S.,' 
Isaac^ Joseph,' John," William,^ Joseph," William'), born at 
South Norwalk, Ct., Aug. 28, 1854; married Sept. 29, 1883, at 
Darlington, Wis., Deborah C. Bronson. 

He is a locksmith; is with the Norwalk Lock Co. at So. 
Norwalk, Ct. 

Children : 

i Edward Bronson," b. July 14, 1884. 
ii. Archibald Taylor, b. June 24, 1888. 

1131 

ARTHim Taylor '° {George IF.," Edward 5.,' Joseph 5.,' 
Isaac^ Joseph,' John," William,' Joseph," William'), born at 
South Norwalk, Ct., Jan. 27, 1857; married Sept. 6, 1882, 
Hannah Elizabeth Downey. 

He was for some years in the grocery business in So. Nor- 
walk, Ct. ; resides in the old homestead. 

Children : 

i. Ethel Rebecca," b. June 19, 1883; m. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 

Dec. 6, 1905, Carl D. Brandt, 
ii. Sybil Cecilia, b. Dec. 21, 1886. 

1133 

Frank Irving '° {George W.," Edward S.,^ Joseph 5.,' Isaac,^ 
Joseph,' John," William,' Joseph," William'), born at South 
Norwalk, Ct., June 15, 1859; married Oct. 18, 1882, May 
Keene. 

He is a hatter, with the Crofut and Knapp Co., So. Nor- 
walk, Ct. 



TENTH GENERATION 425 

1133 

William Quintard '° {George W.,'^ Edward S.,^ Joseph S.,- 
Isaacf" Joseph,' John," William,^ Joseph,' William '), born at 
South Norwalk, Ct., March i8, 1862; married Nov. 30, 1882, 
Lillie Augusta Maury. 

He is a hatter; is with the John C. Wilson Co., So. Norwalk, 
Ct. 

Children : 

i. .Adeline Amelia," b. July 15, 1885. 

ii. Winnifred Ella, b. .\pril 21, 1887. 

iii. Benjamin Taylor, b. March 12, 1891; d. July 29, 1894. 

iv. Arthur Sands, b. Oct. 29, 1892. 

V. Ruth Esther, b. Feb. 5, 1894. 

vi. I'hilip Maury, b. Oct. i, 1895. 

113i 

James Horace ■" (George U'.,' Edward 5.," Joseph S.,' 
Isaac,'' Joseph,' John,* William,' Joseph,' Willianr), born at 
South Norwalk, Ct., Aug. 3, 1864; married at Wcllsville, 
N. Y., Jan. 20, 1892, Katharine Rosaline, daughter of Jolm 
and Louisa Gallman, of Wellsville, born Jan. 22, 1868. 

He was educated in the public schools of his native town. 
Resided at Omaha, Neb., New York City, Angelica, N. Y., 
and New Haven, Ct., a few years in each, holding positions 
as accountant and the like. Became general secretary of the 
Young Men's Christian Association of New Haven, in 1901 ; 
and four years later secretary of the railroad branch of the 
Y. M. C. A. at Port Jervis, N. Y. 

Children : 

i. Helen Louise," b. May 17, 1893. 
ii. James Harold, b. April 2, 1897. 

1135 

George Beecher ■° (Joseph 5.,' Edward S.,^ Joseph 5.,' 
Isaac,'' Joseph,' John,'* William,' Joseph,' William '), born in 
Waterbury, Ct., March 25, 1855; married Dec. 7, 1881, Amy, 
daughter of Alpheus and Amy Jenks, formerly of Lawrence 
County, New York, born March 24, 1862. 

He is a farmer at Darlington, Wis. 



426 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Children : 

i. David Sidney," b. Nov. 21, 1883. 

ii. Ella Clare, b. Nov. 4, 1887. 

iii. Bertha Jane, b. Oct. 31, 1890. 

iv. Leslie Joseph, b. June 30, 1893. 

V. Eunice Matilda, b. Sept. 19, 1895. 

vi. Esther Amy, b. Oct. 4, 1897. 

vii. Dorothy Pearl, b. Nov. 14, 1S99. 

viii. Dale Chester, b. Oct. 13, 1901. 

ix. Lucile, b. Feb. 25, 1905. 

lUO 

Willis Sedgwick '° (Joseph P.,^ Daniel P.,* James,'' Isaac, ^ 
Joseph,' John," William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in North 
Adams, Sept. 23, 1849; married at Fremont, O., July 21, 1874, 
Helen, daughter of John R. and Mary (Mead) Pease, born 
Feb. 12, 1854. 

Spent his youth in Sandusky, O., and came to New York 
City in 1868. Since 1873 he has been an inventor and manu- 
facturer of envelopes. Resides at Jersey City. 

Children : 

i. Edward Pease," b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1875. 

ii. Rutherford Hayes, b. do. March 4, 1876. 

iii. Lester, b. do. Aug. 10, 1879. 

iv. Ethel, b. in Jersey City, N. J., May 28, 1885. 

V. Joseph Parker, b. do. Oct. 17, 189^.^ . — -^ 

1141 

Edward George '° (Joseph P.,» Daniel P.,* James,'' Isaac,'' 
Joseph,' John,'* William,^ Joseph,"" William'), born in North 
Adams, Dec. 5, 1850; married in Sandusky, O., June 14, 1881, 
Christina Zeigler. 

He resided in Sandusky, O., until about 1900, when he re- 
moved to Detroit, Mich. Was in machinery business. 

He died Jan. i, 1904. 

Children : 

i. Austin Edward," b. Nov. 25, 1881. 
ii. Wilson Robert, b. Aug. 26, 1883. 
iii. Harriet, b. Feb. 14, 1887. 



TENTH GENERATION 427 

1142 

Robert Robinson '° {Joseph P.,' Daniel P.,^ James,'' Isaac,'' 
Joseph,^ John,'* William,^ Joseph,^ William^), torn in San- 
dusky, O., May 29, 1858; married at Bellevue, O., June 14, 
1882, C. Anna Haskell. 

He removed from Sandusky, O., to Detroit, Mich., about 
1895 ; is with the C. C. Wermer Machinery Co., the "Michigan 
Machinery Depot." 

Children : 

i. Helen Esther," b. July 4, 1883. 
ii. Robert Haskell, b. Jan. 8, 1886. 
iii. Beatrice, b. Sept. 17, 1891. 

1145 

Eugene Larrett ■° {Scovill S.,'> Daniel P.,* James,'' Isaac,'' 
Joseph,^ John,* William,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Palmer, 
Jan. 18, 1847; married in New York City, Aug. 11, 1868, 
Josephine Byron Francis, born Nov. 23, 1848. 

He resides in Montgomery, Ala. 

Children : 

i. Franklyn Hadley," b. Nov. 6, 1870.' 
ii. Albert Eugene, b. Sept. 21, 1872. 
iii. George Capron, b. Sept. 30, 1874. 
iv. Adele Florence, b. March 11, 1877. 

1149 

Walter G. ■° (William //.,» Lol,^ Lol,' John,'' Jonas,' 
John," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), torn at Charlestown, 
1863; married Jan. 3, 1885, Florence A., daughter of 
William B. and Julia C. Ward, born in 1869. 

Child : 

Walter William, b. April 19, 1896. 

1150 

George H. ■° {George Henry, ^ Elisha,^ Elisha,' 
John,'' John,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 
Boston, March 4, 1870; married in Conway, Feb. 15, 1895, 
Mary Jane (Jennie) daughter of Dennis and Rosella Perry 
Farmer, born in Conway in 1874. 



428 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1153 

William '° {William,'^ William,^ William,^ William,^ Jonas,^ 
John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born May lo, 1862; mar- 
ried Jan. 29, 1880, Alice D., daughter of Thomas F. and Mar- 
garet Naggers, born in Andover in 1858. 

He was then in the provision business ; residence, Chnton. 

1155 

Charles Dana ■" (George," William,^ William,'' William,^ 
Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William '), born in Fitzwihiam, 
N. H., 1868 ; married at Newton where he was then residing, 
Nov. 14, 1895, Christie Belle, daughter of James and Jessie 
(McDonald) Robertson, born in Cape Breton. 

1156 

Albert William ■" (Abel," William,^ William,'' William,'' 
Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William '), born in Royalston, 
Aug. 26, 1872; married June 10, 1903, Ada Laura, daughter 
of Thomas J. and Laura (Joslin) Leland, born in Worcester, 
Sept. 26, 1872. 

He is connected with the agency of "Bradstreet" at Provi- 
dence, R. L 

Child : 

Junia William," b. July 25, 1905. 

1165 

Jonas Arthur '° or Arthur Jonas '° (Jonas," Jonas,^ 
Abraham,'' Abraham,'' Jonas, ^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph," Will- 
iam'), born in Billerica, Jan. 29, 1856; married at Norridge- 
wock, Me., Oct. 17, 1893, Clara Arvena, daughter of Wm. L. 
and Abby L. (Prescott) Jenkins, born in So. Norridgewock in 
1859. 

He was at that time a salesman in Boston, residing in Cam- 
bridge. 

1171 

Jacob Wlnthrop '° (Jacob," Ephraim,^ Abraham,'' Abra- 
ham^ Jonas,^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in 



TENTH GENERATION 429 

Boston, May 9, 1852; married Aug. 26, 1874, Jane M., daugh- 
ter of Samuel W. and Susan M. Bryant, born in New Salem, 
in 1 85 1. He was then a clerk in Boston, afterward a machin- 
ist at Springfield. 

Child : 

Wilder Dexter," b. in Springfield, Oct. 16, 1890. 

1174 

Leander Otis '° {Arlemas,'' Josiah,'^ Ezra,'' Abraham,'' 
Jonas,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Garland, 
Me., May 5, 1843; married at Petticodiac, N. B., Dec. 22, 
1870, Gcorgina Elizateth, daughter of Hiram and Mary M. 
(Crawford) Humphreys, torn there April 7, 1853. 

He fitted for college and entered Bowdoin in the class of 
1865; but patriotism drew him into the army in his junior 
(3d) year; he served in the 31st Me. volunteer infantry as 
sergeant-major ; took part in the battles of Cold Harbor, Peters- 
burg and eight other great conflicts; was wounded tlircc times; 
discharged from lios[)ilal in June. 1865. Reentered college and 
graduated in 1866. Was in lumber business in New Bruns- 
wick fourteen years. Removed to Minneapolis, Minn.; is 
one of the oflicers of the Railway Transfer Company. His 
son Raymond is with him in the business. 

Children : 

i. Agnes Louisa," b. Dec. 13, 1872; m. John H. Groesbeck, of 
Minneapolis, Minn. 

Child: 

Robert Merriam Groesbeck, b. . 

1268. ii. Charles Frederick Otis, b. Oct. 30, 1874. 

1269. iii. Raymond Fogg, b. Jan. 6, 1876. 
iv. Robert Stanley, b. July 4, 1877. 



1175 

Charles Enoch'" {Arlemas,"^ Josiah,^ Ezra,'' Abraham,^ 
Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Garland, 
Me., Sept. 12, 1845; married at New London, Ct., April 20, 
1882, Emeline Louise, daughter of George Rand and Harriet 
W. Miner, born March 18, 1858. 



430 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He is a commercial traveller, selling carriage and blacksmith's 
supplies; travelled successively for Samuel Dudley, of New 
London, Ct., Charles C. Lewis, of Springfield, Mass., and the 
C. C. Church Co., of Providence, R. L 

Resides at New London, Ct. 

Children : 

i. Anna Louise," b. Oct. 22, 1883. 
ii. Harriet Eleanor, b. Jan. 20, 1886. 
iii. Ethel Agnes, b. Sept. 29, 1888. 

1176 

Henry Zadoc '° (Benjamin F.,' Benjamin,^ Ezra,'' Abraham,^ 
Jonas, ^ John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William '), born in Winchester, 
N. H., July 14, 1865; removed to Marlboro, N. H., a clerk; 
married April 24, 1895, Eliza M., daughter of Leon and Jennie 
Greenough, born in Rockland, Me., 1875. She died June 9, 
1897, ae. 22 years, 7 months, 25 days. 

He was a hardware dealer. He died May 25, 1899. 

1177 

Arthur W.'° (Jacob .4.," Silas,^ Sihis,'' Abraham,^ Jonas,^ 
John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William''), born in Lowell, Dec. 15, 
1859; residing in Maiden; a shoe dealer; he married March 
19, 1883, Clara A., daughter of Henry C, and Mary A. Gray, 
born in Worcester in i860; resident in Maiden. 

Child : 

Edna G.," b. in Maiden, Sept. 3, 1886. 

1181 

RuFus ■" (Chauncey,'' Riiliis,^ Jesse,'' Ebenezer^ Ebenezer,^ 
John,' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Orange in 1852; 
married April 9, 1874, Emily A., daughter of William H. and 
Ellen A. Harvey, of Wendell, born in Petersham. 

Children : 

i. A son, b. Feb. 20, 1876. 
ii. Eva Bell, b. July 22, 1879. 



TENTH GENERATION 431 

1182 

Amos A.'° {Chauncey,'> Rujus,^ Jesse,'' Ehenezer^ Ebenezer,^ 
John,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Orange, Nov. i8, 
1857; married Oct. 19, 1881, Louisa M., daughter of Wm. C. 
and Alice White, born in Warren in 1863. 

Children : 

i. Grace May," b. March 27, 1885. 
ii. William Clesson, b. Aug. 21, 1886. 

1183 

Charles Andrews '° {Lansjord,'' Benjamin,^ Jesse,'' Ebene- 
zer^ Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), lx)rn in 
Orange, 1839 ; married at New Salem, where he was then living, 
May 9, 1869, Pamclia, daughter of Nathan and Harriet Holden, 
of New Salem, lx)rn April 3, 1848. 

Children : 

i. Agnes Angelia," b. Jan. 23, 1872. 
ii. Harriet Eliza, b. Feb. 4, 1874. 

1185 

Frederick H. C.'° {Rujus King,'' Amos,'' Ehcnczcr,'' Ehcne- 
zer," Ehenezer,^ John,* Joseph,'' Joseph," William'), torn in 
Sutton, March 15, 1846; married first, Dec. i, 1870, Martha 
A., daughter of Jotham and Maria Smith, torn in Phillips, 
Me., in 1840. He married second, in Boston, June 15, 1885, 
Jennie B., daughter of Frank E. and Sarah J. Wilder, torn in 
Shclburne Falls in 1861. 

He is a farmer and butcher ; has resided at Charlton and 
at Millbury. 

Children : 

i. Arthur Fitzroy," b. in Sutton, July i, 1873. 

ii. Fredna J., b. in Charlton, Jan. 4, 1886. 

iii. (irace Frances, b. in Charlton, June 14. 1887. 

iv. Clara Vettc, b. in Millbury, Oct. 18, 1888. 

V. Francis Edward Wilder, b. in Millbury, May 9, 1890. 



432 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1186 

Henry Trowbridge '° (Rujus K.," Amos,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebene- 
zer^ Ebenezer,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in 
Sutton, May i8, 1855; married Nov. 20, 1878, Hattie M., 
daughter of Thomas and Amanda M. Wheelock, born in North- 
bridge, 1851. 

Was a pattern-maker in Worcester; later in foundry and 
machine shop business at Millbury. 

Children : 

i. Beulah Amanda, b. Jan. 10, 1882. 
ii. Lily Annie, b. Oct. 19, 1883. 

1188 

William Nelson '° (/ra,' Parley,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer^ 
Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William^), born Jan. 31, 
i860; married Dec. 12, 1893, Caroline Wilson, of Belfast, 
N. Y. He graduated at the University of Wisconsin in 1881, 
from the metallurgical and engineering courses. Was an assist- 
ant geologist in the U. S. Geological Survey. Then had various 
engagements as geologist and mining engineer; is now with the 
Oliver Iron Mining Co., the mining branch of the U. S. Steel 
Corporation at Duluth, Minn., as geologist. 

1189 

Ray Carleton '° (Nelson,'' Parley,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ 
Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born Jan. 14, 
1877; married Oct. 26, 1893, Ethel Sargent. 

1191 

Robert Converse '° (Albert £.," Ira,^ Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ 
Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Oxford, 
June 30, 1870; married Matilda Wolfer. Resides at Webster. 

Children : 

i. Ernest Everett," b. Dec. 8, 1899. 

ii. Clarence Frederick, b. Nov. 10, 1902. 

iii. Grace Eva, b. Sept. 10, 1905. 



i 



TENTH GENERATION 433 

119.J 

Harry Wright '° {Jesse Irving,'' Wright S.,^ Ebenezer,'' 
Ehenezer^ Ebenezer,^ John* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William^), born 
in Oxford, Feb. 27, 1875; rnarried March 30, 1896, Bessie 
Mabel, daughter of Herbert E. and Eliza M. (Bowen) Stone, 
born in 1878. 

An electric signal man, residing in Oxford. 

Child : 

Ralph Stone," b. Feb. 22, 1898. 

1193 

Arthur I.'° {Jesse Irving,'' Wright 5.,* Ebenezer,'' Ebenezer,^ 
Ebenezer,"^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph," William^), born in Oxford, 
Feb. 5, 1877 ; married Edith A. West. 

Child: 

Bertha Lucy," b. at Charhon, March 31, 1899. 

1195 

Charles Herbert ■° {Leonard B.,'> Leiois,^ William,'' Ebene- 
zer^ Ebenezer,"^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born at 
Houlton, Me., Nov. 10, 1859; married at Henrietta, Mich., 
May I, 1901, Katharine, daughter of Philip B. and Elizabeth 
C. Westren, born Jan. 25, 1865. 

He was graduated at the University of Maine in the class of 
1886; served in the First Washington regiment in the Spanish- 
American War. Is an attorney; resides at Spokane, Wash.; is 
a secretary of the Spokane and Columbia River R. R. Co. 

Child : 

Jennie Elizabeth," b. May 22, 1902. 

1190 

Willis Henry '° {Leonard 5.,' Lewis,^ William,^ Ebenezer,'' 
Ebenezer,^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Houlton, 
Me., April 24, 1861 ; married at Spokane, Wash., June 17, 
1904, Madge, daughter of Charles H. and Alice (Field) Bungay, 
born June 17, 1882; she died May 15, 1905. 



434 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was graduated at the University of Maine in the class of 
1886; is an attorney at Spokane, Wash. 

Child : 

Willis Bungay," b. May 14, 1905. 

1197 

Henry MacPherson '° {Henry C.,' Lewis,'^ William,'' 
Ehenezer^ Ebenczer,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born 
at Houlton, Me., Oct. 12, 1877; married at Denver, Colo., 
Dec. 7, 1 90 1, Alice Lishman. 

He was educated at Stanford University, California, at the 
U. S. School of Artillery and at the School of Submarine 
Mines. Captain in the U. S. Artillery. Served in the Spanish, 
Philippine and China campaigns. 

1198 

Henry Clay, 2d,'° {Lev.4s,'> Lewis,^ William,'' Ebenezer^ 
Ebenczer,^ John,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born at Fort 
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 17, 1879; married at Manila, Ph. I., Aug. 
30, 1900, Bessie Charlotte Ray. 

First lieutenant U. S. Artillery. 

Child : 

Charlotte Burnham," b. at Ft. Sheridan, 111., April 5, 1903. 

1201 

CB1.4RLES Herbert'" {Luke A.,'' Amos,^ Amos,'' Amos,^ 
Amos,^ John," Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), born in Uxbridge, 
July 30, 1850; married first, in Newburyport, April 26, 1873, 
Ella T. Currier, of Amesbury, where he was residing. He 
married second, at Acton, Me., Nov. 22, 1896, Bertha E., daugh- 
ter of James H. and Susan (Farnham) Snow, of Acton. 

He was a carriage trimmer at the time. 

Children : 

i. Charles Albert," b. Aug. 17, 1876. 

ii. Arthur Herbert, b. at Merrimac, Jan. 11, 1886. 



TENTH GENERATION 435 

1203 

Edmund Franklin '° (Frmiklin,'' Joel,^ Nathan,'' Samuel,^ 
Thomas,^ Thomas* Joseph,^ Joseph j' William'), born in Win- 
throp, Me., Jan. 26, 1847 ; married at Wickford, R. I., Aug. 2, 
1876, Abby Frances, daughter of David S. and Mary Cahoone 
(Waite) Baker, torn at Wickford, March 17, 1855. 

He graduated at Watervillc College, Me., in 1868; at New- 
ton Theological Seminar)' in 1879; was in business in New 
York, 1868-1876; pastor at Livermore Falls, Me., 1879-1880; 
connected with the missionary work of the Baptist denomina- 
tion in the central office at Boston, until April, 1901, when 
he entered on the duties of the important office of editor of 
The Watchman, one of the organs of the denomination. 

Children : 

i. Ida Frances," b. at Wickford, R. I., Aug. 12, 1877. 

ii. Mary Waite, b. at Winthrop, Oct. 9, 1881; d. Aug. 25, 1882. 

Ii04 

George '" {Franklin,'' Joel,'' Nathan,' Samuel,'' Thomas,' 
Thomas,'' Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born at China, Me., 
Nov. 30, 1856; married at Newton Centre, Aug. 10, 1882, 
Eugenie W., daughter of Thornton B. and Lizzie W. Rennell, 
born at Singapore, Straits Settlements, Asia, Nov. 2, 1864. 

He graduated at Waterville College in 1879; Newton Theo- 
logical Seminary, 1882; was ordained a Baptist minister in 
1883 at Abilene, Kan., where he was from 1882 to 1884. Later 
pastor at Solomon City, Kan. Now (1906) at Skowhegan, Me. 

Children : 

i. George Rennell," b. in Abilene, Kan., June ig, 1883. 
ii. Franklin Edmund, b. do. July 26, 1885. 

1206 

Joel Hervey '° {Joel,'' Joel,^ Nathan,'' Samuel," Thomas,^ 
Thomas,* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, 
July 3, 1852; married first, in Rutland, Vt., Oct. 9, 1873, 
Ella M., daughter of John L. and Eliza (Kendall) Parsons, 
of Windsor, Vt. After her death, s. p., he married second, 
Dec. 25, 1878, Anna P. Mansfield, of So. Chelmsford. 



436 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

Merchant; sold out about 1890 and removed to Denver, 
Colo. 

Children : 

i. Ethel Leona," b. Feb. 16, 1880. 
ii. Harold Grey, b. Sept. 16, 1883. 

1207 

Frank Albert ■" {Joel,'^ Joel,^ Nathan,'' Samuel,^ Thomas,^ 
Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William'), born in Westminster, 
Sept. 5, 1855; married first, Oct. 26, 1876, Jennie E., daughter 
of Reuben P. and Elizabeth (Brooks) Merriam, born March 
20, 1857; she bore three children, and died Jan. 15, 1888. He 
married second, April 29, 1891, Ida E., daughter of Charles 
and Martha A. Simonds. 

Merchant, much esteemed; deacon of the Baptist church. 

Children : 

i. Frank E.," b. May 6, 1S78. 

ii. George A., b. Aug. 21, 1882. 

iii. Robert J., b. Aug. 29, 1885. 

iv. Charles Simonds, b. June 9, 1894. 

V. Winnifred Early, b. Dec. i, 1895. 

vi. Spencer Hervey, b. Jan. 6, 1898. 

vii. Leon Artenias, b. Aug. 18, 1899. 

I*.i09 

Charles Holden '° {Abner i?.," Nathan,^ Nathan,'' Sam- 
uel,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,"^ Joseph,^ Joseph,^ William'), born in 
Westminster, Aug. 16, 1845; married April 18, 1875, Clara 
Louise McKinley, of Jackson, Me. 

He is a mechanic ; has resided in Templeton and Gardner. 

Children : 

i. Clarence Eugene," b. July 11, 1876. 

ii. Ella May, b. Oct. i, 1877. 

iii. Flora Agnes, b. Oct. 9, i88i. 

iv. Lizzie Margie, b. at Gardner Aug. 2, 1886. 

V. Catherine M., b. Aug. 29, 1895. 



TENTH GENERATION 437 

1312 

Eli Howe ■° (Caleb S.,'> John,^ Jonas,'' Thomas^ Thomas,^ 
Thomas* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Westminster, 
June 4, 1848; married at Fitchburg, Sept. 25, 1873, Abbie 
Lydia, daughter of Charles and Jane H. Davis, born in Fitch- 
burg, 1855. 

He succeeded to the grain and flour business which his father 
had developed and further enlarged it by enterprise and in- 
dustry. Has been one of the chief business men of the town. 

Children : 

i. Mabel Cecilia," b. June 5, 1875. 

ii. Cora Abbie, b. July 3, 1877. 

iii. Grace Edith, b. June 24, 1879. 

iv. Harold Davis, b. July 30, 1882. 

V. Arthur Eli, b. April 18, 1886. 

vi. Helen Irene, b. Nov. 6, 1892. 

vn.i 

John Wilder '° (Caleb S.,'' John,^ Jonas,'' Thomas,^ 
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in West- 
minster, Nov. 28, 1852; married at Fitchburg, Oct. 16, 1877, 
M. Carrie, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Baldwin, born 
in Fitchburg in 1856. She died Nov. 26, 1880. 

He married second, Dec. 25, 1882, Julia Ada, daughter of 
Henry E. H. and Julia Ellen (Ilsley) Brackett, born in Port- 
land, Me., March 7, 1864. 

He is a flour and grain dealer in Fitchburg. 

Child : 

Harry Caleb," b. in Fitchburg, Jan. 11, 1885. 

1215 

Herbert Moore '° (Oliver M.,^ John,* Jonas,'' Thomas^ 
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in West- 
minster, June 28, 1864; a mechanic, resided in Ashburnham; 
married at Uxbridge, Oct. 20, 1885, Jennie M., daughter of 
Leandcr F. and Augusta R. (Adams) Bolster, born in North- 
bridge, 1864. 

Children : 

i. Flora A., b. Aug. 30, 1886. 



438 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

ii. Grace Helen, b. June 21, 1890. 
iii. Mildred Emily, b. Jan. 9, 1897. 

1317 

Albert Childs '° {Robert L.,'> Isaac,^ Isaac,'' Isaac,^ Isaac, ^ 
Thomas," Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, Nov. 
14, 1850; married at Lawrence, Oct. 19, 1878, Annie B., 
daughter of Abraham and Mary WiUiams, her second marriage. 

Resided in New York City. 

1218 

Robert Law, Jr.'° {Robert L.,» Isaac,* Isaac,'' Isaac, ^ Isaac, ^ 
Thamas,-* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William'), born in Boston, March 
21, 1853; married at Portland, Me., Sept. 7, 1878, Mary A., 
daughter of George and Elizabeth Benson, born at Lubec, 
Me., residing in Boston. 

1220 

Henry ■° {William Clark,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,'' Isaac^ Isaac,^ 
Thomas,'^ Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Boston, Feb. 
6, 1855; married Nov. 11, 1886, Carrie, daughter of Manuel 
de J. G. and Adelaide (Morell) Bonel, born March 4, 1862. 

He is a banker in New York City. 

Children : 

i. Theodore Borsham," b. Feb. 3, 1888. 
ii. Henry, Jr., b. Oct. 25, 1893. 

1222 

Thomas Oakley '° {Charles H.,'> Jonas, "" Isaac,'' Isaac,'' 
Isaac, ^ Thomas," Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born at Strat- 
ford, N. H., Nov. 22, 1878; married Nov. 24, 1903, Agnes St. 
John, who was born April 14, 1879. 

Children : 

i. Alice Emma," b. Nov. 21, 1904. 

ii. Florence Hildegarde, b. May 28, 1905. 

1224 

George Rollin ■° {Charles Rollin,^ Abel W.,* Jonathan,'' 
Isaac ^ Isaac,' Thomas," Joseph,"" Joseph,' William'), born at 



TENTH GENERATION 439 

West Concord, Vt., Aug. 20, 1859; married at Addison, Vt., 
Dec. I, 1886, Emma Alice, daughter of Albert Wilmarth and 
Rusha (Barnett) Hindes. 

He removed to St. Paul, Minn., and was in newspaper work 
awhile. Then his health failing, returned to Addison, Vt. 
After recovering went to Washington, D. C, and entered gov- 
ernment service ; is still largely interested in agricultural enter- 
prises in Vermont. 

Child : 

Charles Albert," b. in St. Paul, Minn., May 27, 1892. 

1227 

Charles Wesley '° {Albert C,' Sdden,* Joshua,'' Isaac^ 
Isaac,^ Thomas,'^ Joseph,^ Joseph' William '), born at Elmore, 
Vt., Dec. 7, 1861 ; married first, in Plattsburgh, N. Y., Dec. 
25, 1881, Vina A. Vaughan; she died in Elmore, Vt., Dec. 15, 
1890; he married second, in Morrisville, V't., July 30, 1892, 
Ellen A. Tucker. 

Children : 

i. Glenn," b. June 23, 1894. 
ii. Glee, b. Nov. 18, 1895. 
iii. Elsie May, b. Feb. 4, 1897. 
iv. Karl Wesley, b. April 23, 1900. 
V. Theodore W., b. Oct. 28, 1901. 

1229 

Vernon William '° (/I /ier/ C.,' Selden,^ Joshua,'' Isaac,'' 
Isaac,^ Thomas,'* Joseph,^ Joseph,' William '), born at Elmore, 
Vt., March 13, 1S69; married in Hardwick, Vt., Jan. i, 1895, 
Nellie B. Gilford. 

Children : 

i. Stanley A.," b. May 5, 1898; d. Oct. 20, 1905. 
ii. Dorothy A., b. Feb. 16, 1900. 

1228 

Albert Emery '° {Albert €.,'> Sehien,'^ Joshua,'' Isaac,^ 
Isaac,^ Thomas,* Joseph,'' Joseph,' William'), born at Elmore, 
Vt., Oct. 21, 1865; married there Aug. 9, 1899, Carrie Amelia 
Shaw. His name is often written " Bert." 



440 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

He was graduated at Oloerlin College in the class of 1894. 
Is superintendent of the Rockingham public schools, with 
office at Bellows Falls, Vt. 

1230 

Frank Selden '° {Albert C,' Selden,^ Joshua,'' Isaac^ 
Isaac,^ Thomas,'^ Joseph,^ Joseph' William '), born in Elmore, 
Vt., July I, 1877; married in Wolcott, Vt., Jan. 16, 1901, Lena 
Dora Pike. 

Child : 

Dean Kermitt," b. Aug. 30, 1905. 

1233 

Greenlief Augustus'" {Henry A.,"^ Frederick J.,^ John,'' 
John,^ John,' John,'* John,^ Joseph,'' William^), born in Balti- 
more, Md., Oct. 28, 1849; married at Great Falls, N. H., Oct. 
22, 1879, Helen Louise, daughter of Hon. George William and 
Louise H. (Bryant) Burleigh, born Oct. 20, 1855. 

He was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy at Annap- 
olis, Md., in 1870; present rank, commander. 

Among other positions he has held, he was from 1901-03 U. S. 
lighthouse inspector; commander of U. S. S. Dixie, 1903-05; 
is at present ordnance ofhcer, U. S. Navy Yard, Boston. 

1233 

Carl Proctor '° {John,'' Frederick J.,^ John,'' John^ John,'' 
John,* John,^ Joseph,'' William'), born in Syracuse, N. Y., 
Nov. 29, 1859; married Frances McLain, born in Tiffin, O., 
Nov. 26, 1862. 

Residence, Toledo, O. 

Children : 

i. Martha McLain," b. Jan. 11, 1895. 
ii. Marjorie Allen, b. Nov. 10, 1899. 

1234 

Henry Greenlief '° {Frederick P.,'> Frederick J.,^ John,'' 
John," John,' John,'* John,' Joseph,' William'), born in Tops- 



TENTH GENERATION 441 

field, Nov. i6, 1855 ; married at Danvers, Jan. 23, 1891, Maria 
A. Preston, daughter of W. W. and M. C. (Caldwell) Rust, 
born in Ipswich in 185 1, residing at Denver, Colo., her second 
marriage. He was then an agent at Topsfield. 

1237 

Frank H.'° {Minol A.," Eldridge,^ John,'' John^ John,' 
Nathaniel,* John,^ Joseph,^ William'), born in Billerica, Sept. 
5, 1865; married Jan. 31, 1889, Louisa E., daughter of A. 
Henry and Rosanna Rosenthal, born in 1869. 

Children : 

i. Florence," b. Feb. 5, 1889. 
ii. Lottie G., b. July 2, 189 1. 

1238 

Bert'° {Minol A.,'> Eldridge,^ John,' John,'' John,' Na- 
thaniel,'* John,'' Joseph,' William'), lx)rn in Billerica in 1872; 
married Dec. 31, 1893, residing then in Cambridge, Edith L., 
daughter of James A. and Alma L. (Oakes) Williams, ae. 22, 
born in Boston. 

1240 

Walter Robert'" {William A.,'^ John A.,^ John,'' John,'' 
John,' Nathaniel,* John,^ Joseph,' William '), born in Bedford, 
Sept. 18, 1866; married in Canton, April 10, 1895, Bertha E., 
daughter of Thomas E. and Anne (McCarthy) Fillmore, born 
in Shediac, N. B. 

He is a carpenter, living in Canton. 

Children : 

i. Vera Ivors," b. March 29, 1896. 
ii. Harold Wesley, b. June i, 1898. 

Arthur Wilder'" {William yl.,' John A.,^ John,'' John,'' 
John,' Nathaniel,* John,^ Joseph,' William '), born June 28, 
1868; married Jan. 23, 1901, Olive May, daughter of Oliver 
Staples, of Burlington. 

Resides at Billerica. 



442 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1243 

William Rush '° {John Lafayette "^ William S.,^ William 
J5.,' William,'' John,' Nathaniel,^ John,'' Joseph,' William'), 
born in Wadham's Mills, N. Y., July 26, 1849; married Oct. 2, 
1872, Laura, daughter of Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. 

He removed, as a lad with his father, to Minnesota in 1861. 
Graduated at Racine College, Racine, Wis., in 1870, valedic- 
torian of the class. Was cashier and afterward president of 
the Merchants' National Bank, of St. Paul, Minn. Elected to 
State legislature in 1882, chosen Speaker of the House in 1884. 
In 1888 he was elected governor of the State, and re-elected 
in 1890. As a governor he was very acceptable to the people, 
and showed admirable executive ability. He was appointed 
director of the 12th Census of the U. S. by President McKinley 
in 1899, and made a fine record in the management of that 
important bureau. Resigned in 1904 to accept positions in 
large business corporations. 

Children : 

1280. i. John Hancock," b. Jan. 25, 1874. 

ii. Mabel DeLano, b. July 31, 1876. 

iii. William Hancock, b. May, 1878. 

iv. Amherst Wilder, b. 1888, d. in 1892. 

V. Laura Beatrice, b. Feb. 11, 1892. 

1244 

John Wilder ■" (John L.," William 5.,* William B.,' Will- 
iani,^ John,' Nathaniel,'* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born at 
St. Paul, Minn., March 12, 1864; married Feb. 16, 1887, 
Elizabeth Eldredge, daughter of George Barnard and I^ucy 
Blake (Goodhue) Draper, born Aug. 30, 1864. He took two 
years at the University of Vermont. Resided at St. Paul, Minn. 
Was in the real estate business. He died June 23, 1899. 

Child : 

John Lafayette," b. Oct. 30, 1891; d. March 21, 1894. 

1345 

Robert Hale - {John L.," Wilham S.,' William B.,' Will- 
iam,^ John,' Nathaniel,-* John,^ Joseph,' William'), born at 
St. Paul, Minn., April 28, 1868; married Aug. 25, 1902, Grace 




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TENTH GENERATION 443 

Wright, daughter of Capt. Solomon E. and Harriet L. (Wright) 
Homan, born July 4, 1876. He was graduated at Yale Univer- 
sity in 1890. Was president of the Merriam Company, pub- 
lishers and printers, at St. Paul, Minn., and New York. In 
1898 was in the U. S. treasury department. 

He resides at Washington, D. C. ; is now in the Bureau of 
the Census. 

1246 

Alanson Wilder '° (John L.,' William S.,^ William B.,'' 
William,'' John,^ Nathaniel* Johtt,^ Joseph,' William^), born 
at St. Paul, Minn., July 19, 1872 ; married Oct. 2, 1895, Bertha 
E., daughter of William and Bertha (von PVankcnberg) Con- 
stans, born Sept. 13, 1875. 

He died May 23, 1905. 

1250 

Wilton Harlow •° (Henry //.,» Noah K.,^ Tarrant,'' Tim- 
othy,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,'' Joseph,' William^), born in 
Worcester, Dec. 26, 1866; married Oct. 14, 1891, Anna Louisa, 
daughter of Albert L. and Maria A. (Knowlton) Smith, born 
Oct. 9, 1867. 

Resides in Worcester. 

Child : 

Helen Knowlton," b. Sept. 4, 1903. 

1231 

Arthur Hammond'" {Henry H.,'> Noah K.,^ Tarrant,^ 
Timothy,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,* John,^ Joseph,' William '), torn in 
Worcester, Feb. 21, 1874, married Feb. 15, 1898, Alice Re- 
becca, daughter of Charles Dabney and Ella Augusta (Young) 
Tucker, born Dec. 2, 1875. 

He was graduated at Amherst College in 1897; is in the 
foreign commission business in New York City. 

Children : 

1. Gladys Harlow," b. May 13, 1902. 
ii. Francis Newton, b. June 4, 1905. 



444 MERRIAM GENEALOGY 

1252 

WiNTHROP Harvey '° {Samuel P.,^ Joseph A.,^ Tarrant,'' 
Timothy,^ Joseph,^ Joseph," John,^ Joseph,' William'), born 
Jan. 30, 1875; married March 4, 1902, Laura Bell Austin, 
born at Fort Scott, Kan., April 14, 1876. 

He resides at Carlinville, 111. 

Child: 

Ruth Winifred," b. July 22, 1903. 

1255 

Harold Frederick Conant '° {Frank W.,'^ Joseph F.,^ 
Amos,'' Amos,'' Nathan,^ Joseph,'* John,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Palmer, Feb. i, 1880; married at Springfield, Oct. 6, 
1903, Blanche Emma, daughter of Edwin Eugene and Emma 
Rosella (Langdon) Wilder, born Dec. 25, 1885. 

He has established two music stores, one at Springfield, the 
other at Ware; resides at Springfield. 



ELEVENTH GENERATION 



12G1 



Charles Wolcott " {Henry H.,'° Homer,'' Dan,^ Ebenezer,'' 
Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Joseph,-* William,^ Joseph,' William'), 
born at Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1876; married at Springfield, 
Sept. 10, 1900, Julia Bemis, daughter of Warner Fawcett and 
Julia Emeline (Bemis) Sturtevant. 

He was brought up from early childhood in the family of 
his grandfather, Mr. Homer Merriam, in Springfield. Grad- 
uated from the high school in 1894 and from Amherst College 
in 1898, B. S. He took a prominent part in athletics and was 
leader of the football team at each institution; was Grove 
orator at Commencement. Took one year at Hartford Theo- 
logical Seminary, and completed his course at Yale; was on 



ELEVENTH GENERATION 445 

the university debating team, and one of the Commencement 
speakers. June 25, 1901, he was ordained and installed pastor 
of the Second Congregational Church, Cohasset, and entered 
into the literary and civic life as well as the religious duties of 
his parish. March i , 1904, he was installed pastor of the Second 
Congregational Church of Greenfield. 

Children : 

i. Warren Sturtevant," b. Sept. 11, 1901. 
ii. Charles Wolcott, Jr., b. Jan. 22, 1903. 
iii. Julia Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 1905. 



1265 

Lyaian Lyon" {Charles C.,'" Clinton L.,'' Ela,^ Nathaniel,'' 
Nathaniel^' Nathaniel,'- John,* William,^ Joseph' William^), 
born at Lyon Falls, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1877; married Sept. 30, 
1903, Delia, daughter of William Brandeth, born at Ossining, 
N. Y., Sept. 13, 1876. 

He is a civil engineer, graduate of Stevens Technical Institute 
in 1900. Resides at Ossining, N. Y. 

Child: 

Sarah Louise," b. Sept. 13, 1904. 

1268 

C1LA.RLES Frederic Otis " {Leander 0.,'° Artemas,^ Josiah,^ 
Ezra,' Abraham Jonas, ^ John,* Joseph,^ Joseph," William'), 
born in Petticodiac, N. B., Oct. 30, 1874; married in Granite, 
Ida., Aug. 16, 1905, Ethel Steen. of that place. 

He is a mining engineer at Wallace, Ida., his brother Robert 
being with him in the same profession. 



126» 

Raymond Fogg" {Leander 0.,'° Arlemas,'^ Josiah,^ Ezra,'' 
Abraham^ Jonas,^ John,* Joseph,' Joseph,' William'), born 
in Petticodiac, N. B., Jan. 6, 1876; married in Minneapolis, 
Minn., his home, Laura, daughter of John R. Badger, of the 
same place. 



446 



MERRIAM GENEALOGY 



1380 



John Hancock'" (William R.,' John L.,' William S.,^ 
William B.,' William,^ John,' Nathaniel," John,^ Joseph,' 
William'), born in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 25, 1874; married at 
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12, 1905, Rose Douglas Wallach, 
daughter of Mr. Richard Wallach, the first mayor of Washing- 
ton, D. C, born in Washington, April 15, 1878. 

He is a paymaster in the U. S. Navy. 



Appendix 



MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 
IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 

Mariam, Abraham. Prlyate, Capt. Joshua Walker's Co., Col. Samuel Deanney's 
(Denny's) regt. ; enlisted Not. 2, 1779; discharged Nov. 23, 1779; service, 1 mo. 
2 days, including travel (200 miles) home ; regiment detached to join Continental 
Army and ordered to march to Clavorack to serve for 3 months. Roll dated 
Wohunj . 

Meriham, Abraham, I^exington. List of men raised for the fi months service and 
returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated 
Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780. 

Merium, Abraham. List of men returned as serving on picket guard under Maj. 
Baldwin, dated May 23, 1775; reported detailed under Capt. .louas Hulibard. 

Merii'm, Abraham. Capt. Walker's co.. Col. Bridge's regt. ; receipt for advance 
pay, signed hy said Merium and others, dated Cambridge, Jmie 24, 1775. 

MERRitJM, Abraham, Bedford. Private, Capt. Benjamin Walker's co., Col. Eben- 
ezer Bridge's regt. ; musterroll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 28, 1776 ; ser- 
vice, 3 mos. 11 days. 

Merrivm, Abraham. Capt. Dix's co., Col. We8.son's (iHh) regt.; entered service 
July IS, 1779; discharged April 1, 1780; term, 9 months. 

MraiAM, Abraham, Bedford. Private, Capt. Edward Farmer's co.. Col. Jonathan 
Reed's regt.; enlisted Sept. 29, 1777; discharged Nov. 8, 1777 ; service, 41 days ; 
company marched to reinforce Northern army. 

Mariam, Amos. Private, Capt. Jotham Houghton's co. ; service from Nov. 3 to Nov. 
19, 1778, 17 days; company detached from Col. Nathan Sparliawk's ("th) regt.. 
Gen. Warner's brigade, to reinforce guards at the barracks in Rutland under 
Col. .Jacob Garrish (Gerrish) and to escort troops of Saratoga convention to 
Enfield, Conn. Boll dated Petersham. 

Miriam, Amos. 2d Lieutenant, in a company commanded by Lieut. Joseph Bojii- 
ton. Col. Natlian Sparliawk's regt. ; enteri'd service Aug. 21, 1777 ; discharged 
Aug. 26, 1777; service, U days, at Bennington on an alarm, including travel 
(102 miles) home. 

Meream, Asa, Charlton. Private, Capt. .Jacob Davis's CO., Col. Ebenezer Larnud's 
regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury ; service. 15 
di»ys. 

Marion, Ebenezek, Woburn. Capt. John Wood's CO., Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt. ; 
order for advance pay, signed by said Marion and others, dated Cambridge, 
Juno 1, 1775; also. Private, Capt. John Wood's co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Bald- 
win's (late Col. Gerrish's) 38th (iilso given .37th) regt.; musterroll dated Aug. 
1, 1775 ; enlisted May 6, 1775 ; service, 2 mos. 28 days ; also, Capt. WockI's (5th) 
CO., Lieut. Col. Baldwin's regt. ; pay abstract for Sept., 1775, dated Chelsea; 

447 



448 APPENDIX 

also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, receipt for bounty coat dated 
Medford, Dec. 28, 1775 ; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster 
Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, April 27, 1777; Capt. Dix's co., Col. 
Wesson's regt. 

Miriam, Ebenezer, Walpole. Private, Capt. Seth Bullard's co.. Col. Joseph 
Read's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1776; enlisted May 9, 1775; service, 3 
mos. ; also, company return dated Roxbury Camp, Sept. 26, 1775. 

Merium, Ezra, Lexington. Listof men raised for the6 months service and returned 
by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Toto- 
way, Oct. 25, 1780. 

Merrium, Ezra. Capt. Dix's co.. Col. Wesson's (9th) regt. ; entered service July 
18, 1779; discharged April 1, 1780; term, 9 months. 

Miriam, Ezra. List of 6 months men raised agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, 
returned as received of Maj. Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for Middlesex 
Co., by Justin Ely, Commissioner, dated Springfield, Aug. 6, 1780; engaged 
for town of Lexington. 

Miriam, Hezekiah. Corporal, Capt. William Tucker's co.. Col. Jacob Gerrish's 
regt., engaged July 10, 1778; discharged Jan. 1, 1779; service, 5 mos. 23 days. 

MiRRiAM, Hezekiah. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Sheldon's Co., Col. Seth Murray's 
regt. ; enlisted July 13, 1780 ; discharged Oct. 12, 1780 ; service, 3 mos. 7 days, 
including 7 days (132 miles) travel home ; regiment raised to reinforce Conti- 
nental Army for 3 months. 

Miriam, Jesse. Private, Capt. Jeremiah Kingsbury's Co., Col. Jonathan Holman's 
regt. ; enlisted Sept. 27, 1777 ; service, 30 days ; company marched to reinforce 
army under Gen. Gates at the Northward. Roll dated Oxford. 

Merrium, John. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Battelle'sco., Lieut. Col. Samuel Pierce's 
regt. ; enlisted June 2, 1779; discharged July 1, 1779; service, 1 mo. 3 days, at 
Tiverton, B.I., including travel (40 miles) home. 

Mihaam, John. Private, Capt. Ralph Thompson's co. ; engaged Sept. 26, 1779 ; dis- 
charged Nov. 10, 1779; service, 1 mo. 25 (also given 1 mo. 17) days, under 
Maj. Gen. Hancock at Castle Island; company raised in Suffolk Co. 

Meream, John. Descriptive list of men raised in Worcester Co. to serve in the 
Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned by Seth 
Wasliburn, Superintendent ; Capt. Allen's Co., Col. Grout's regt. ; age, 25 yrs. ; 
stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, light; occupation, farmer ; engaged Jan. 31, 
1781 ; engaged for town of Barre ; term, 3 years. 

Mariam, Jonathan. Captain, 8th co., Col. Josiah Whitney's (2d Worcester Co.) 
regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers ; commissioned June 17, 1779. 

Meraiam, Jonathan, Ashbumham. Private, Capt. Jonathan Sibley's co.. Col. 
Luke Dniry's regt. ; enlisted July 29, 1781 ; marched Aug. 1, 1781 ; arrived at 
camp Aug. 11, 1781; discharged Nov. 10, 1781 ; service, 3 mos. 23 days, includ- 
ing 10 days (200 miles) travel home ; residence, Ashbumham ; enlisted for town 
of Ashbumham ; regiment raised for 3 mouths. 

Merium, Jonathan. Private, Capt. Abijah Lamb's Co., Col. Cushing's regt. ; en- 
listed Aug. 15, 1777 ; discharged Nov. 29, 1777 ; service, 3 mos. 24 days, with 
Northern army, including 9 days (180 miles) travel home. Roll sworn to in 
Worcester Co. 



APPENDIX 449 

Meariam, Jonathan. Ensign, Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co. ; list of officers belong- 
ing to Col. Asa Wlietcomb's regt. [year not given, probably 1775] ; Capt. Hast- 
ings and officers of his company reported as Minute-officers who " came down 
at the fight at Concord," joined said regiment, and served with it from the 
time they were In camp ; Col. Whetcomb requests that said officers be com- 
missioned according to their respective ranks. 

Merium, Joseph, Lexington. List of men raised for the 6 months service and re- 
turned by Brig. Gen. I'aterson as having pas.sed muster in a return dated Camp 
Totoway, Oct. 25, 17«0. 

Merium, Josiah, Jr., Concord. Private, Capt. David Wheeler's co., Col. Nixon's 
regt. ; pay abstract for mileage to and from camp, dated Winter Hill, Jan. 15, 
1776. 

Meariam, Nathaniel, Brookline. Private, Capt. Thomas White's (Brookline) co. 
of militia, Col. William Heath's regt., wliirli marched on the alarm of April 
19, 1775; service, (i days; company served until May 12, 1775. 

Merbam, Nathaniel, Stougliton. Corporal, Capt. William Briggs's Co., Col. Joseph 
Read's (20th) regt. ; company return dated Koxbury Camp, Sept. 2G, 1775. 

Marlam, Samuel. Private, Capt. Elisha Jackson's co. ; travel out and home 200 
miles; service at 20 miles per day, 10 days, probably in Aug., 1777; company 
marched from Westminster to East Hoosuck undercommand of Maj. Ebenezer 
Bridge on an alarm at Bennington and was there di.smis.sed. 

Mariam, Silas. Private, Capt. Adams Bailey's co.. Col. John Bailey's (2d) regt. 
commanded by Lieut. Col. Sprout subsequent to Jan. 1, 1781 ; muster roll made 
up from Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 1,1782; enlisted March 23, 1781; enlistment, 3 years . 

Merium, Silas, Lexington. List of men raised for the 6 months service and re- 
turned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp 
Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780. 

Merrtom, Silas. Capt. Dix's co., Col. Wesson's (9th) rogt. ; entered service Jnly 
18, 1779; discharged April 1, 1780; term, 9 months. 

Miblah, Silas. General order dated Headeiuarters, Ticonderoga, Sept. 13, 1776, 
taken from Col. Wheelock's Orderly Book ; said Miriam appointed Surgeon in 
the regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Wait. 

Meariam, Timothy, Concord. Private, Capt. Abishai Brown's co.. Col. Josiah 
Whitney's regt. ; service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Dec. 1, 1776, 4 mas. 2 days. 
Rolls dated Camp at Hull. 

MEIRA.M, Timothy. Order on Deacon Jeffrais, payable to Capt. Brown, dated Camp 
at Hull, Aug. '29, 1776, signed by said Meiram and others belonging to Cai)t. 
Abishai Brown's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt., for advance pay, travel allow- 
ance, etc. 

MiniAM, William. Matro.ss, Capt. Perez Cushing's (7th) co.,Col. Thomas Crafts's 
(Artillery) regt.; service from time of enlistment to Aug. 1, 1777, 41 days; 
also, same co. and regt. ; list of men who received bounty from April 30, 1777, 
to Dec. 30, 1777, 8 mos. 

MiRiAN, William. Official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, 
dated Jan. 30, 1779; said Mirian chosen Ist Major, Col. Jonathan Grout's (7th 
Worcester Co.) regt. of Mass. militia ; appointment concurred in by Council 
Jan. ."lO, 1779; reported commissioned Jan. 30, 1779. 



(336 MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 

Merel, Asa, Townsend. List of men raised to serre in the Continental Army from 
Capt. Warren's 5th (South Townsend) co., Col. Jonathan Reed's (6th Middlesex 
Co.) regt., as returned to Brig. Gen. Prescott, dated Littleton, Sept. 17, 1777; 
residence, Townsend ; engaged for town of Townsend; joined Capt. Maxwell's 
CO., Col. Bailey's regt. ; term, 3 years. 

Merehnd, Benjamin. Private, Capt. Amos Rathbnn's co., Lieut. Col. David Rose- 
ter's detachment of militia; enlisted Aug. 15, 1777; discharged Aug. 21, 1777; 
service, 7 days; company marched to join Northern army. Roll sworn to in 
Berkshire Co. 

Mereon, John, Jr. Private, Capt. Amariah Fuller's (Newton) co., Col. Thatcher's 
regt. ; service, 5 days ; company called out March 4, 1776. Roll sworn to at 
Watertown. 

Meseon, Nathaniel, Stoughton. Corporal, Capt. William Briggs's co. of Minute- 
men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 14 days. 

Merepin, . [This name also appears nnder the form of Maripine, Marrpin, 

Meripin, Merripin, Morepin.] 

Merepin, Joseph, Hardwick. Descriptive list of men raised to serve in the Conti- 
nental Army for the term of 9 months, as returned by Seth Washburn, Superin- 
tendent for Worcester Co.; Lieut. Pratt's [?] co., Col. S. Rice's regt.; age, 17 
yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 5 in. ; complexion, dark ; residence, Hardwick ; marched to 
Springfield July 8, 1779. 

Meres, John. Private, Capt. William Foord's co., Col. John Brown's regt.; entered 
service July 21, 1780; discharged Oct. 27, 1780; service, 3 mos. 6 days. 

Meret, Timothy. Private, Capt. Peleg Peck's co., Col. Carpenter's regt.; enlisted 
Dec. 13, 1776; discharged Dec. 20, 1776; service, 8 days, on an alarm at Bristol, 
R. I. Roll sworn to at Swanzey. 

Meeoague, Samuel, Amesbnry. List of men raised for the 6 months service and re- 
turned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp 
Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780. [See Samuel Mugridge.] 

Meroaien, Jajies, Stoughtonham. Certificate dated Iloxbury, Jan. 22, 1776, signed 
by said Mergaien and Nathaniel Holland, both of Stoughtonham, soldiers in Capt. 
Samuel Payson's co.. Col. Joseph Read's regt., certifying that they had not re- 
ceived bounty coats due for the 8 mos. service in 1775. [See James Morgan.] 

Mehgaht, John. Receipt dated Boston, March 25, 1782, for bounty paid said Mergart 
by Alexander Hodgdon, on behalf of a committee of the town of Boston, to serve 
in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years. 

Mergoon, Moses. Capt. Ballard's co., Col. James Frye's regt. ; return of men in camp 
at Cambridge, dated May 17, 1775. 

Mergl'son, John. List of prisoners brought in the first cartel from Rhode Island, as 
returned by John Ayres, dated Providence, Jan. 18, 1777; reported a Master. 

Meriam, . List of prisoners to be returned in exchange for British prisoners sent 

in the cartel ■' Favourite " [year not given] ; said Meriam, Doctor, to be exchanged 
for David Burns, Surgeon, 71st regt. 

Meriam, Abraham, Bedford. Private, Capt. John Moore's (Bedford) co. of militia, 
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 3 days ; also, list of men 
between the ages of sixteen and sixty who were liable to bear arms, as returned 
to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775; reported enlisted; also. Private, 
Capt. Benjamin Walker's co.. Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) regt.; company re- 
turn [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money 
dated Cambridge, Nov. 30, 1775. 



IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. 637 

Meriam, AitRAifAM, Lexington. Capt. Abishai Brown's co.. Col. John Nixon's (5th) 
regt. ; order for advance par, signed by said Meriam and others, dated Cambridge, 
June 10, 1775; o/to. Private, same co. and regt. ; master roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; 
enlisted April 28, 1775; service, Smos. 11 days; also, company return dated Sept. 
30, 1775. 

Meriam, Abraham. Memorandum of firelocks received of sundry officers and soldiers ; 
date of delivery, Jan. 2, 1776. 

Meriam, Abraham. Company receipt for mileage, given to Capt. John Ford, dated 
Ticonileroga, Aug. 28, 1776; also, company receipt for wages to Oct. 1, 1776, given 
to Capt. John Ford, dated Ticonderoga ; company marched from Chelmsford July 
25, 1776, and was discharged at Albany Jan. 1, 1777. 

Meuiam, Abraham. Receipt given to Benjamin Heywood, Paymaster, 4th regt., 
signed by said Meriam and others, for wages for Sept., 1776, for service as Corpo- 
rals, Drummers, and Fifers, in said regiment ; also. Corporal, 8th Co., Lieut. Col. 
Thomas Nixon's (4th) regt. ; regimental return dated North Castle, Nov. 9, 1776 ; 
also, receipts given to Benjamin Heywood, Paymaster, 4th regt., signed by said 
Meriam and others, for wages for Oct.-Dec, 1776, as Corporals in said regiment; 
alto, receipt for mileage, etc., given to Benjamin Heywood, dated Feb. 1, 1777, 
signed by said Meriam and others belonging to (late) Capt. Butler's co. ; also, 
Coriioral, Lieut. Col. Nixon's (4th) regt.; return of men who engaged to serve 
the month of Jan., 1777, dated Springfield. 

Meriam, Abraham. List of men raised for Continental service by Capt. John Bridge, 
as returned to Col. Brooks, dated Concord, Aug. 15, 1777. 

Meriam, Adraham. Private, Capt. George Minott's co., Col. Samuel BuUard's regt. ; 
enlisted Aug. 16, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777; service, 3 mos. 14 days, in 
Northern department ; company detached from militia. 

Meriam, Abraham. Private, Lieut. John Flint's CO., Col. Thomas Poor's regt.; en- 
listed June 16, 1778, 3 days preceding inarch; discharged Jan. 29, 1779; service, 
7 mos. 26 days, at and about W'hite Plains, including 12 days (240 miles) travel 
homo; regiment raised to fortify passes of North river, N. Y.; also, Capt. Asa 
Lawrance's co., Col. Poor's regt.; pay rolls for June-Aug., 1778, dated Fort 
Clinton ; also, (late) Capt. Lawrance's co. commanded by Lieut. John Flint, Col. 
Poor's regt. ; pay roll for Sept., 1778, dated West Point ; also, Lieut. John Flint's 
CO., Col. Poor's regt. ; pay roll for Nov., 1778, dated West Point. 

Meriaji, Abbauam. Corporal, Capt. Edward Richardson's co., Col. Thomas Poor's 
regt. ; engaged June 21, 1778, 3 days preceding march ; discharged Feb. 18, 1779 ; 
service, 8 mos. 8 days, at North river, N. Y., including 11 days (220 miles) travel 
home ; also. Private, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for July, 1778 ; also. Corporal, 
same co. and regt. ; pay roll for Aug., 1778 ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll 
for Sept., 1778, dated West Point; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Nov., 
1778, dated King's Ferry. 

Meriam, Ahuaiiam. List of men raised agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, as re- 
turued by Brig. Gen. Eleazer Brooks to Maj. Ilosmer, dated Lincoln ; also, list of 
men raised in Middlesex Co., as returned by Joseph Ilosmer, Superintendent; 
also, descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co. to servo in the Continental 
Army for the term of 9 months, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, 
by Capt. James Cooper, at Springfield, July 19, 1779; Capt. Moore's CO., Col. 
Brown's regt. ; age, 22yr8. ; stature, 5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, light; engaged for 
town of Bedford. 

Meriam, Abicaham. Pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Lexington for 
service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to camp July 5, 1780; 
discharged Dec. 20, 1780 ; service, 5 mos. 26 days, including travel (200 miles) 
home. 



638 MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 

Meiuam, Auraham. Receipt dated Lexington, May 8, 1781, for bounty paid said 
Meriaiu l)y the town of Lexington to serve in the Continental Army for the term 
of 3 years, unless sooner discharged ; also, descriptive list of men raised in Mid- 
dlesex Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned by Joseph Hosraer, 
Superintendent for said county; age, 19 (also given 21) yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 4 in. ; 
complexion, light; hair, light; eyes, dark; occupation, farmer (also given 
laborer); engaged for town of Lexington; engaged March 27, 1781; term, 3 
years ; also, list of men mustered in Middlesex Co. ; said Meriam mustered 
March 27, 1781. 

Meriam, Amos, Winchendon. Sergeant, Capt. Abel Wilder's co. of Minute-men, Col. 
Ephraim Doolittle's regt., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm 
of April 10, 177n, to Cambridge ; service, 6 days. 

Meriam, Amos. List of men who were detached from Col. Broolis's regt. to relieve 
guards at Camliridge, as returned to Lieut. Col. p'rancis Faulliner [year not given, 
probably 1778]; Capt. Hosmer's co.; also, Private, Capt. Daniel Harrington's 
CO., Col. Jonathan Reed's rogt. of guards ; muster rolls dated Cambridge, May 9, 
and June 1, 1778; enlisted April 1, 1778; enlistment, 3 months from April 2, 1778; 
also, same co. and regt. ; joined April 2, 1778 ; service to July 3, 1778, 3 mos. 
2 days, at Cambridge. 

Meriam, Asa, Oxford. Private, Capt. Joel Green's co.. Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt. ; 
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted May 9, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. ; also, com- 
pany return [probably Oct., 177.5]. 

Meriam, Benjamin. Private, Capt. John Bridge's co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt. ; 
service between March 1, and March 8, 1776, 2 days; company stationed at 
Roxbnry. 

Meriam, David. Private, Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's CO., Col. Dike's regt. ; muster roll 
for Dec, 1776-Feb., 1777 ; credited to town of Ashbnrnham ; enlisted Dec. 14, 1776 ; 
regiment raised to serve until March 1, 1777. 

Meriam, Ebenezeh, Woburn. Return of casualties of the several companies of 38th 
regt. made by Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin, dated Chelsea, Sept. -, 1775; Capt. 
John Wood's (5th) co. ; also. Corporal, Capt. Nathan Dix's co.. Col. James Wes- 
son's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 20, 1777, to 
April 1, 1778; reported died April 1, 1778; also, same co. and regt. ; return made 
up for the year 1777; residence, Woburn ; engaged for town of Woburn; mustered 
by Col. Barber, State Muster Master. 

Meriam, Ezra, Lexington. Receipt given to Benjamin Heywood, Paymaster, 4th 
regt., dated Camp Mount Washington, Sept. 30, 1776, signed by said Meriam and 
others belonging to Capt. Butler's Co., for wages, etc., due prior to Jan. 1, 1776; 
also. Private, 8th co., Lieut. Col. Thomas Nixon's (4th) regt.; regimental return 
dated North Castle, Nov. 9, 1776; also, (late) Capt. Butler's co. ; company re- 
ceipts for wages for Sept.-Dec, 1776; also. Private, Lieut. Col. Nixon's (4th) 
regt. ; return of men who engaged to serve tlie month of Jan., 1777, dated Spring- 
field ; also, descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co. for the term of 9 months 
from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, agreeable to resolve of April '20, 1778; 
Capt. Brown's co.. Col. Brooks's regt.; age, 18 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; resi- 
dence, Lexington ; engaged for town of Lexington; arrived at Fishkill June 21, 
1778; also, list of men returned as received of Jonathan Warner, Commissioner, 
by Col. R. Putnam, July 20, 1778; also, list of men raised in Middlesex Co., 
agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, as returned by Joseph Hosmer, Superin- 
tendent; a^M, descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co. to serve in the Con- 
tinental Army for the term of 9 months, returned as received of Justin Ely, 
Commissioner, by Capt. James Cooper, at Springfield, July 19, 1779; Capt. 
Bridge's [?] co., Col. Faulkner's regt. ; age, 19 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 7 in. ; engaged 
for town of Lexington ; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of 



IN THE WAR OF THE llEVOLUTION. 639 

Mkuiah, Ezra, continued. 

Lexington for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to camp 
July 5, 1780; discharged Dec. 20, 1780; service, 5 mos. 26 days, including travel 
(200 miles) home; also, Private, Capt. John llayward's CO., Col. Wcl)l)'s regt. ; 
enlisted Aug. 2G, 1781; discharged Nov. 30, 1781; service, .'! mos. 14 days, in- 
cluding 10 days (200 miles) travel home ; regiment raised to reinforce Continental 
Army for .3 months. Roll sworn to in Middlesex Co. 

MeitiAM, Hezekiah. Capt. Oliver Lyman's Co., Col. Dike's regt. ; return for mileage; 
warrant for pay allowed in Council Sept. 12, 177G; also, Private, same co. and 
regt. ; pay abstract for travel allowance liome, etc., dated Dorchester, Nov. 27, 
177G; 112 miles travel allowed said Mcriaui ; also, Capt. John Kirkland's co., Col. 
Kuggles Woodljridge's regt.; enlisted Aug. 16, 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; 
services mos. 22 days, including 8 days (IGO miles) travel home; regiment raised 
to reinforce Continental Army at the Northward; also, list of men returned as 
received of Noah Goodman, Superintendent fur Hampshire Co., by Justin Ely, 
Commissioner, dated Springlield ; also, descriptive list of men raised agreeable to 
resolve of June 9, 1779, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, 
returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Capt. James Cooper, at 
Springfield, July 19, 1779; Capt. Wales's co.. Col. Chapin's regt.; age, 20 yrs.; 
stature, 6 ft. ; hair, light ; engaged for town of Westhampton. 

MusiAii, Isaac, Ashburnbam. Private, Capt. Deliverance Davis's co. of militia, Col. 
Asa Whetcomlje's regt., which marched April 20, 177"), in response to the alarm 
of April 19, 177S; left place of rendezvous .\pril '24, 177.'>; service, 7 days. 

Mbhiam, Lsaac, .\8hburnham. Private, Capt. Thomas Fish's co., Col. Nathan Tyler's 
regt.; enlisted July '2;i, 1779; discharged Dec. 17, 1779; service, 5 mos., at Rhode 
Island; roll sworn to at Newport; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Dec, 
1779, sworn to at Newport, allowing 1 mo. S days service at Rhode Island, travel 
(100 miles) included. 

Meuiam, Isaac, Ashburnham. List of men raised for the G months service and 
returned by brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp 
Totoway, Oct. 2'>, 1780; also, pay roll for C months men Iwlonging to the town of 
Ashburnham raised for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to 
camp Juno '29, 1780; discharged Dec. 14, 1780; service, 5 mos. 26 days, including 
travel (200 miles) home. 

MBI1IA.M, Jesse. Private, Capt. John Town's co., Col. Jonathan Ilolman's regt.; ser- 
vice, f) days ; roll dated Providence, Jan. 20, 1777, sworn to in Worcester Co. and 
endorsed "march'd on Alarm to Rhode Island in Dec'r 1776." 

Mekiam, Jesse. Private, Capt. Jeremiah Kingslicry's co.. Col. Jonathan Ilolman's 
regt.; service, 1 mo. 8 days; roll dated Providence, Jan. '20, 1777, sworn to in 
Worcester Co. and endorsed " .Harm Roll." 

Meuiam, John, Barre. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 7tli 
Worcester Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Benjamin Nye and Capt. William 
Henry; residence, Barre; engaged for town of Barre; joined Capt. Gates's co.. 
Col. Putnam's regt. ; term, 3 years ; also. Private, Capt. Gardner's co., Col. Rufns 
Putnam's (4th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 12, 
1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Benjamin Gates's co.. Col. Putnam's regt.; 
return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; mustered by Capt.Newhall; reported deserted. 

Mehiah, John, Bedford. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. John Moore's (Bedford) co. of militia, 
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 177.'i; service, 8 days; also, list of men 
Ijctwocn the ages of sixteen and sixty who were liable to bear arms, as returned 
to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775; reported a commissioned oflicer. 

Mekiam, John, East Sudbury. List of men raised for the 6 months service and re- 
turned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Cunip 



G40 MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 

Meriam, John, contimi^d. 

Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780 ; also. Private, 5th Mass. regt. ; pay roll for 6 months men 
raised by the town of East Sudbury for service in the Continental Army during 
1780; marched Aug. 8, 1780; discharged Feb. 8, 1781; service, 6 mos., at West 
Point, travel (9 days) included. 

Mebiam, John, Sudbury. Corporal, Capt. Joseph Smith's (Sudbury) eo., Col. James 
Barrett's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 3 days. 

Mehiam, John, Sudbury. Private, Capt. Asahel Wheeler's co., Col. John Robinson's 
regt.; marched Feb. 4 [year not given, probably 1776] ; service, 1 mo. 28 days. 

Meriam, John, Walpole. List of men raised for the 6 months service and returned 
by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Toto- 
way, Oct. 25, 1780 ; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Wal- 
pole for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched June 28, 1780; 
discharged Dec. 30, 1780 ; service, 6 mos. 3 days ; travel (220 miles) allowed said 
Meriam ; aho, descriptive list of men raised agreeable to resolve of June 30, 1781 ; 
age, 18 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 44 in.; complexion, light; hair, brown; eyes, white; 
residence, Walpole; said Meriam detached Aug. 4, 1781, from Capt. Man's co. to 
serve for 3 months; also. Private, Capt. John Lincoln's co.. Col. Joseph Webb's 
regt. ; marched to camp Aug. 20, 1781 ; discharged Nov. 29, 1781 ; service, 3 mos. 
22 days, including 3 days preceding march and travel (210 miles) from camp home ; 
regiment raised for 3 months. 

Meriam, John. List of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the first 
Everidge ; " said Meriam appears among men in service at Ticonderoga in 1776. 

Meriam, John. List of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the first 
Everidge; " said Meriam appears among men forming the 3d guard at Cambridge 
in 1778. 

Meriam John. Private, Capt. Samuel Fisher's co. ; discharged Sept. 12, 1779 ; ser- 
vice, 1 mo. 2 days ; company detached from militia to serve at Rhode Island for 
4 weeks in a regiment under Capt. Samuel Fisher. Roll sworn to at Wrentham 
and endorsed " Colo Benja Haws Regiment." 

Meriam, John. Private, Capt. Ephraim Stearns's co.. Col. John Rand's regt. ; enlisted 
Sept. 6, 1780; discharged Oct. 11, 1780; service, 1 mo. 16 days, including 10 days 
(200 miles) travel home ; regiment raised in Worcester Co. to serve for 3 months. 

Meriam, John. Receipt dated Barre, Jan. 31, 1781, for bounty paid said Meriam by 
Class No. 15 of the town of Barre to serve in the Continental Army for the term 
of 3 years, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780. 

Meriam, Jonas. Return of bounties paid said Meriam and others by the town of 
Concord to serve for 3 months, agreeable to resolve of June 30, 1781 ; aho, Private, 
Capt. John Hayward's co.. Col. Webb's regt. ; enlisted Aug. 15, 1781 ; discharged 
Nov. 30, 1781 ; service, 3 mos. 25 days, including 10 days (200 miles) travel home ; 
regiment raised to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months. 

Meriam, Jonathan, Bolton. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co.. Col. John 
Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; 
service, 8 days ; reported enlisted into the army ; also. Ensign, Capt. Benjamin 
Hastings's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt. ; list of officers [year not given, proba- 
bly 1775]; also, 2d Lieutenant, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 
1775 ; engaged April 27, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 12 days ; also, company receipt for 
'wages for Aug., 1775, dated Camp at Prospect Hill; also, company return dated 
Oct. 6, 1775. 

Meriam, Jonathan. Private, Capt. John Town's CO., Col. Jonathan Holman's regt.; 
service, 5 days; roll dated Providence, Jan. '20, 1777, sworn to in Worcester Co. 
and endorsed " march'd on Alarm to Rhode Island in Dec'r 1776." 



IN THE WAR OF TlfE REVOLUTION. 641 



Mekiam, Jonathan. Private, Capt. Jeremiah Kingsljery'sco., Col. Jonathan Holman'a 
regt. ; service, 1 mo. 8 days ; roll dated Providence, Jan. 20, 1777, sworn to in 
Worcester Co. and endorsed " Alarm Roll." 

Mehiam, Jonathan. Private, Capt. James Mirick's CO., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt. ; 
entered service Oct. 1, 1777; dischargeii Oct. 18, 1777; service, 27 days, under 
Lieut. Col. Ephraim Sawyer, including travel (180 miles) home; company raised 
in Bolton and Princeton and marched to reinforce army under Gen. Gates at 
Saratoga. 

Meuiam, Jonathan. Corporal, Capt. Samuel Healy's co.. Col. John Jacobs's (Light 
Infantry) regt. ; enlisted Sept. 17, 1779; discharged Nov. 17 (also given Nov. 16), 
1779; service, 2 mos. 6 days, at Rhode Island, including travel (115 miles) to 
camp and home ; mileage allowed to Providence (40 miles) and from place of dis- 
charge home (75 miles) ; company raised for 2 months. 

MKIIIA.M, Jos., Grafton. Private, Capt. Aaron Kimball's co. of militia. Gen. Artemas 
Ward's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; discharged May 16, 
177.^ ; service, 4 weeks 1 day. 

Mkiiiam, Josei-h, Bedford. Private, Capt. Samuel Tay's co., Lieut. Col. Wchb's regt.; 
culistcd Aug. 18, 1781 ; discharged Nov. '29, 1781 ; service, 3 mos. 22 days, includ- 
ing 11 days (210 miles) travel home; regiment raised in Suffolk and Middlesex 
counties to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months. Roll dated Woburn. 

Mekiam, Josejmi. Private, Capt. Samuel Heald's Co., Col. John Jacobs's (Light 
Infantry) regt. ; enlisted Sept. 15 (also given Sept. 16), 1779; discharged Nov. 15 
(also given Nov. 16), 1779; service, 2 mos. 4 days (also given 2 mos.), at Rhode 
Island, including travel (70 miles) home ; company raised for 2 months. 

MmiiAM, JoHEi'ii. Pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Lexington for ser- 
vice in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to camp July 5, 1780; dis- 
charged Dec. 20, 1780 ; service, 5 mos. 20 days, including travel (200 miles) liomc. 

Mehiam, Joseph. List of men appearing under the heading " Hartwcll Brook the first 
Kveridgo ; " said Meriam appears among men in a detachment with Col. Thatcher 
[year not given] . 

Meuiam, Jchiah. Sergeant, Capt. Joseph Hosmer's (Light Infantry) co. ; company 
return endorsed " 1776." 

Mekiam, Jcsiah. Private, Capt. George Minot's co.. Col. Samuel Bullard's regl. ; en- 
listed Aug. 16, 1777 ; discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 3 mo.s. 25 days, in Northern 
department, including 11 days (220 miles) travel home. Roll sworn to in Mid- 
dlesex Co. 

Mehiam, Josiah. Lists of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the first 
Everidgc ; " said Meriam appears among men in a dotachnient with Col. Thatcher 
[year not given]. 

Mehiam, Josiah. Lists of men api)earing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the first 
Kveridge;" said Meriam appears among men with Capt. Abishai Brown at 
Nantasket [year not given] . 

Mekiam, Josiah. Lists of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the first 
Kveridge ; " said Meriam appears among men in the artillery train at Rhode Island 
[year not given] . 

Mekiam, Jotham, Northfield or Warwick. Private, Capt. Eldad Wright's co. of 
Minute-men, Col. Samuel Williams's regt., which inarched April 20, 1775, in 
response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Northfield and Warwick to Cam- 
bridge; service, 2 weeks; also, Capt. William Campbell's co.. Col. Ebenezer 
I<earned's regt. ; order for bounty coat or its eiiuivaleut in money dated Roxbury, 
Dec. 21, 1775. 



642 MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND S.ULORS 

Meriam, Levi, Bolton. Private, Capt. Benjamin Hastinss's co., Col. Jolm Wbit- 
eomb's rest., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; ser- 
vice, 4 days ; also, Capt. Jonathan Houghton's Co., Col. Smith's rest. ; company 
return [year not given] ; also, company receipt, given to Capt. Jonathan Houghton, 
for wages for Oct. and Nov., 1776, and travel allowance home, dated Bolton, Dec. 
i, 1776. 

Meriam, Natha.n, Stoughton. Corporal, Capt. William Briggs's co.. Col. Joseph 
Read's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; service, 
3 mos. 7 days. 

Meriam, Nathan. Lists of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the first 
Everidge ; " said Meriam appears among men forming the second guard at Cam- 
bridge in 1778. 

Meriam, Nathan. Lists of men appearing under the heading" Hartwell Brook the first 
Everidge;" said Meriam appears among men in the artillery train at Rhode 
Island [year not given]. 

Meriam, Nathan, Jr. Lists of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the 
first Everidge; " said Meriam appears on a list [no date or particulars given]. 

Mekiam, Nathaniel. Lists of men appearing under the heading " Hartwell Brook the 
first Everidge;" said Meriara appears among men in a detachment with Col. 
Thatcher [year not given] . 

Meriam, Oliver. Corporal, Capt. Samuel Heald's co.. Col. John Jacobs's (Light 
Infantry) regt. ; entered service Sept. 15,1779; discharged Nov. 15,1779; service, 

2 mos. 4 days (also given 2 mos.), at Rhode Island, including travel (SO miles) 
home ; company raised for 2 months. 

Meriam, Samuel, Bedford. Private, Capt. John Moore's (Bedford) co. of militia, 
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 10 days; also, list of men 
between the ages of sixteen and sixty who were liable to bear arms, as returned 
to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775. 

Meriam, Samuel, Sudbury. Private, Capt. Thaddeus Russell's co., Col. Jonathan 
Brewer's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 29, 1775; service, 

3 mos., 1 week, 3 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order 
for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Oct. 26, 1770. 

Merlam, Silas. Petition signed by said Meriam, stating that he had served as a Sur- 
geon's Mate in Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt. from June 27, 1776, to Sept. 13, 
1776, in the campaign to Ticouderoga, but not having been made up in any roll, 
requesting payment for his services ; also, pay abstract for wages, travel, etc., due 
said Meriam for service as Surgeon's Mate in Col. Wigglesworth's regt. from date 
of commission to Sept. 13, 1776, when he was appointed Surgeon in Col. Jos'h 
Waite's regt. ; service, 2 mos. 17 days ; travel 5| days (115 miles) from Middleton 
to Charlestown also allowed. 

Meriam, Silas. List of men raised in Middlesex Co., agreeable to resolve of June 9, 
1779, as returned by Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent ; also, descriptive list of men 
raised to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, returned as 
received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Capt. James Cooper, at Springfield, 
July 19, 1779; Capt. Bridges's [?] co.. Col. Faulkner's regt.; age, 17 yrs.; stat- 
ure, 4 ft. 10 in. ; engaged for town of Lexington ; also, list of 6 months men raised 
agreeable to resolve of June 6, 1780, returned as received of Maj. Joseph Hosmer, 
Superintendent for Middlesex Co., by Justin Ely, Commissioner, dated Spring- 
field ; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Lexington for service in 
the Continental Army during 1780 ; marched to camp July 5, 1780 ; discharged Dec. 
20, 1780; service, 5 mos. 26 days, including travel (200 miles) home; also, receipt 
dated Lexington, May 8, 1781, for bounty paid said Meriam to serve in the Conti- 



EN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. 643 

Meriam, Silas, contmued. 

nental Army for the term of 3 years, unless sooner discharged ; also, descriptive 
list of men raised in Middlesex Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned 
by Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for said county ; a^e, 19 yrs. ; stature, i> ft. .3 
in.; complexion, light; hair, light; eyes, dark; occupation, farmer (also given 
laborer) ; engaged for town of Lexington ; engaged March 23, 1781 ; term, 3 years. 

Mekiau , Simon. Private, Capt. Samuel Hills's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt. ; 
marched Oct. 2, 1777 ; service to Oct. 26, 1777, 2-1 days, under Lieut. Col. Ephraim 
Sawyer with Northern army ; company marched from Harvard on a 30 days 
expedition. 

Mekiah, Timothy, Grafton. Private, Capt. Aaron Kimball's co. of militia. Gen. 
Artcmas Ward's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; discharged 
May 1, 1775; service, 2 weeks. 

Mehiam, Timothy. Private, Capt. Joseph Ilosmer's (Light Infantry) co. ; company 
return endorsed " 1776 ; " also, certificate signed by said Meriam and others, certi- 
fying that they had received bounty of the Selectmen of Concord to serve in the 
Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778; also. Private, Capt. 
Edward Richardson's co., Col. Thomas Poor's regt. ; enlisted June U, 1778, 
3 days preceding march ; discharged Feb. 24, 1779 ; service, 8 inos. 21 days, at 
North river, N. Y., including 11 days (220 miles) travel home; also, same co. and 
regt.; payroll for Sept., 1778, dated West Point; a/jo, same co. and regt.; pay 
roll for Nov., 1778, dated King's Ferry. 

Meriam, Wii.i.'d, Littleton. Private, Lieut. Aqnila Jewett's co. of militia. Col. James 
Prescott'a regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 1 day. 

Mehiam, William, Mendon. Private, Capt. Benjamin Uichardson's Co., Col. Nicholas 
Dike's regt. ; pay abstract for mileage from home to Dorchester Heights, dated 
Sept. 4, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance from 
Dorchester Heights home, dated Nov. 28, 1776; said Meriam credited with allow- 
ance for 2 days (39 miles) travel. 

Meriam, William. List of men between the ages of sixteen and sixty who were liable 
to Ijear arms, as returned to Col. Green, dated Bedford, May 15, 1775. 

Mehiam, Willia.m. Pay roll of a detachment from Lexington alarm co. commanded 
by Capt. Edmund Munro; service, 5 days; detachment reported on command at 
Cambridge from May 16 to May 20, 1776, by order of Committee of Safety. 

Mehiam, William. Bombardier, Capt. Perez Cnshing's (7th) co.. Col. Thomas 
Crafts's (Artillery) regt.; service from Aug. 1, 1777, to Sept. 30, 1777, 2 mos.; 
roll sworn to in Suffolk Co.; also, Uori>oral, same co. and regt.; service from 
Nov. 1, 1777, to April 31, 1778, 6 mos. ; rolls sworn to in Suffolk Co. ; also, same 
CO. and regt.; pay roll made up for .Sept. and Oct., and deficiency for Aug., 1778; 
said Meriam credited with 2 mos. service ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll made 
up from Nov. 1, 1778, to Dec. 31, 1778; said Meriam credited with 2 mos. service. 

Mehiam, William. Capt. Webb's co.. Col. Shepard's (4th) regt.; entered service 
July '2.'), 1779; term, 9 months; reported taken prisoner Feb. 3, 1780; also.re- 
)>ortcd died while a prisoner. 

Mehiam, Ebesezeh. List of men belonging to Capt. John Wood's co. who took the 
oath in Middlesex Co. May 27, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the 
Mass. army. 

Mehian, IIezekiah. Descriptive list of men raised in Hampshire Co. to serve in the 
Continental Army for the term of 9 months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, 
as returned by Noah Goodman, Superintendent; Capt. Wales's co.. Col. Chapin's 
regt.; age, 19 yrs. ; stature, 6 ft. ; hair, brown ; engaged for town of Westhampton. 



IN TEIE WAR OF THE RKVOLUTION. 655 

Merrett, Richard, continued. 

Feb. 23, 1781 ; service, 3 mos. 23 days ; company detached from militia in accord- 
ance mtli request of Gen. Heatli for service at and about Boston guarding Conti- 
nental stores; roll endorsed "Maj'r Heatli Detach't." 

Merrett, Richard. Return of men raised in Suffolli Co. for Continental service, 
agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; engaged for town of Braintrec; engaged 
Feb. 24, 1781. 

Mkrrett, William, Machias. Private, Capt. Holden's co., Col. Brooks's regt. ; Con- 
tinental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to July 31, 1780; resi- 
dence, Machias. 

Merret, David. Sergeant, Capt. Nathan Smith's co. ; engaged Oct. 5, 1775; service 
to Dec. 1, 1775, 2 mos. 1 day; company stationed at Martha's Vineyard for de- 
fence of seacoast. 

Merrey, John. Capt. David Cowdin's co.. Col. Woodbridge's regt. ; receipt for ad- 
vance pay, signed by said Merrey and others, dated Cambridge, June 26, 1775. 

Merrey, Matthew. Captain, 5th co.. Col. Beriah Norton's (Dukes Co.) regt. of 
Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment; ordered in Council .\pril 
-, 1776, that said officers be commissioned ; reported commissioned April 3, 1776. 

Merrey, Moses, Marblehead. Private, Capt. John Glover's co., Col. John Glover's 
regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted July U, 1775; service, 17 days. 

Merrey, Silas. Private, Capt. Adams Bailey's co.. Col. John Bailey's (2d) regt., 
commanded by Lieut. Col. Sprout subsequent to Jan. 1, 1781; muster roll made 
up from Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 1, 1782; enlisted July 9, 1780; discharged Dec. 7, 
1780 ; enlistment, 6 months. 

Merrey, Timothy. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Peleg Peck's co.. Col. George Williams's 
regt.; entered service Sept. 29, 1777; discharged Oct. 30, 1777 ; service, 1 mo. 1 
day, under Maj. Gen. Spencer on a secret expedition ; company stationed .at 
Tiverton, R. I. Roll sworn to at Swanzey. 

Merret, William, Norton. Private, Capt. Macey Williams's co.. Col. Timothy 
Walker's regt. ; muster roll dated Ang. 1, 1775 ; enlisted May 2, 1775 ; service, 3 
mos. 1 day. 

Merriam, . [This name also appears under the form of Maream, Mariam, Marion, 

Meariam, Meiram, Meraiam, Meream, Meriam, Merian, Meriham, Merion, 
Merium, Merrian, Merrion, Merrium, Mlraam, Miriam, Mirriam, Muream.] 

Merriam, Abraham. Order on Maj. Barber, dated Cambridge, June 24, 1775, signed 
by Col. E. Bridge, for cartridge boxes for said Merriam and others belonging to 
Lieut. John Flint's co. 

Mekriam, Abraham. List of 6 months men raised agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, 
returned as received of Maj. Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for Middlesex Co., 
by Justin Ely, Commissioner, dated Springfield; also, descriptive list of men 
raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to 
resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by 
Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 9, 1780; age, '23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 4 
in. ; complexion, ruddy ; engaged for town of Lexington ; marched to camp July 
9, 1780, under command of Capt. Daniel Shays. 

Merriam, Amos, Concord. Matross, Capt. Jonathan W. Edes's (4th) co.. Col. Crafts's 
(Artillery) regt. ; service from Feb. 1, 1777, to May 8, 1777, 3 mos. 7 days. 

Merriaai, Amos, Winchendon. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. John Boynton's (8th) co.. Col. 
Nathan SparhawU's (7th Worcester Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers 



656 MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 

Mbkhiam, AMOS, continued. 

chosen by the several companies in said regiment, dated Petersham, March 24, 
1776; ordered in Council April G, 1776, that said otlicers be commissioned; 
reported commissioned April 5 [ ?]> l?"". 

Mekkiam, Amos. Private, Capt. Joseph Ilosmer's (Light Infantry) Co.; company 

retnm endorsed " 1776." 
Mekuiam, Amos. List of men drafted from Concord town co. to go to Rhode Island 

on an alarm July 2.3, 1777. 
Mehkiam, Asa, Oxford. Capt. Joel Green's CO., Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt.; order 

for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury, Oct. 26, 1775. 

Mekkiam. David. Private, Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's co.. Col. Dike's regt.; pay 
abstract for gun and blanket money, dated Dorchester, Feb. 12, 1777 ; also, Capt. 
William Thurlo's CO. ; travel out and home 180 miles; service at 20 miles per day, 
9 days ; company marched on an alarm at Bennington, Aug. 22, 1777, under com- 
mand of Maj. Ebenezer Bridge, by order of Gen. Stark and Col. Warner, and was 
dismissed by Gen. Lincoln after proceeding 90 miles ; roll sworn to in Worcester 
Co. ; aUo, Capt. Jonathan Gates's co. ; enlisted Oct. 1, 1777 ; service, 25 days, at 
Saratoga, including 7 days (110 miles) travel homo. 

Mekkiam, Ehenezeu, Mcndon. Private, Capt. John Albee's (Ist Mcndon) co., which 
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1776, to Iloxbury ; service, 5 days. 

Mkublau, Ebenezek. Private, Capt. Loring Lincoln's co., which marched under 
command of Lieut. Col. Flagg on the alarm at Bennington in 1777 ; service, 5 days ; 
company probably belonged to Leicester. 

Mkkkiam, EuM'.Ni), Mendon. Corporal, Capt. John Albee's (1st Mcndon) co., which 
marchedon the alarm of April 19, 1775, toHoxbury ; service, 9 days; aiso. Private, 
Capt. John Tyler's co., Col. Joseph Head's regt. ; company return endorsed " Dec. 
10 1775;" company raised in Mendon, Uxbridge, and Upton; atao. Corporal, 
Capt. Samuel Craggin's co., Lieut. Col. Nathan Tyler's regt. ; service from Dec. 8, 
1770, to Jan. 21, 1777, 1 mo. 15 days, at Providence Plantation and Rhode Island 
on an alarm; mileage home to Mendon (24 miles) allowed; n/»o. Private, Ciipt. 
Peter Penniman's co.. Col. M'ood's regt.; service from April 18, 1777, to Miiy 7, 
1777, 21 days ; company marched for defence of Rhode Island ; also, Capt. Philip 
Ammidon's co., Col. Tyler's regt. ; entered service July 28, 1780 ; discharged .\ug. 
8, 1780; service, 15 days, including travel, 3 days (52 miles) home; company 
ordered to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 27, 1780. 

Mkkkiam, Ezra. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for 
the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of 
Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 
1780; age, 20 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 7 in. ; complexion, ruddy ; engaged for town of 
Lexington; arrived at Springtlcld July 9, 1780; marched to camp July 11, 1780, 
under command of Ensign Bancroft. 

Mekkiam, Hbzekiah. Private, Capt. Simeon Clap's co.. Col. David Wells's regt.; en- 
listed May 10, 1777; discharged July 10, 1777; service, 2 luos. 9 days, including 
travel home ; company inarched on a 2 months expedition to Ticonderoga ; roll 
sworn to in Hampshire Co.; also, descriptive list dated Northampton, Sept. 14, 
1780, of men detached from Col. Israel Chapin's ('id Hampshire Co.) regt. for the 
term of 3 months, agreeable to resolve of June 22, 1780; Lieut. Strong's co. ; ago, 
21 yrs. ; stature, 6 ft. ; complexion, light ; engaged for town of Wcsthamiiton ; 
mustered July 10, 1780. 

Mekhiam, Isaac, Ashburnham. Private, Capt. John White's co.. Col. Abijah Stearns's 
regt.; enlisted April 1, 1778; discharged July 2, 1778; service, 3 mos. 5 days, at 
and about Boston. Roll dated Lancaster. 



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Merhiam, Isaac. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for 
the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 178n, returned as received 
of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Maj. Peter Ilarn-ood, of 6th Mass. regt., at 
Springfield, July 2, 1780; age, 18 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft, 2 in.; complexion, light; 
engaged for town of Ashburnham; arrived at Springfield July 1, 1780; marched 
to camp July 2, 1780, under command of Capt. Phineas Parker. 

Merriam, John, Barre. Private, Colonel's co., Col. Rufns Putnam's (5th) regt.; 
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 12, 1780. 

Merriam, John. Private, Capt. George Minot's co.. Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt. ; ser- 
vice, 5 days ; company inarched from the alarm post at Concord to reinforce the 
army March 4, 1776. Roll dated Watertown. 

Merriam, John. Private, Capt. Joseph Hosmer's (Light Infantry) co. ; company re- 
turn endorsed " 1776." 

Meukiam, John. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Array for 
the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received 
of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Maj. Peter Harwood, of 6th Mass. regt., at 
Springfield, July 2, 1780; age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 3 in.; complexion, light; 
engaged for town of AValpole ; marched to camp July 2, 1780, under command of 
Capt. Phineas Parker. 

Merriam, John. List of 6 months men raised agreeable to resolve ot June 5, 1780, re- 
turned as received of Maj. Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for Middlesex Co., by 
Justin Ely, Commissioner, dated Springfield, Aug. 6, 1780; also, descriptive list 
of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreea- 
ble to resolve ot June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, 
by Brig.' Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, Aug. 9, 1780 ; age, 18 yrs. ; stature, 5 
ft. 3 in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of East Sudbury; arrived at 
Springfield July 20, 1780; marched to camp Aug. 9, 1780, under command ot 
Capt. Daniel Lunt; also. Private, Capt. Joseph Killara's co.. Col. Kufus Put- 
nam's (5th) regt.; muster roll for Jan., 1781, dated West Point; enlisted Aug. 6, 
1780; discharged Jan. 1, 1781 ; enlistment, 6 months. 

Merriam, Joseph. List of 6 months men raised agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, 
returned as received ot Maj. Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for Middlesex Co., 
by Justin Ely, Commissioner, dated Springfield; also, descriptive list of men 
raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of G months, agreeable to 
resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by 
Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 9, 1780 ; age, 17 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 
6 in. ; complexion, dark ; engaged for town of Lexington ; inarched to camp Jiily 
9, 1780, under command of Capt. Daniel Shays. 

Merriam, Josiah, Concord. Matross, Capt. Jonathan W. Edes's (4th) co.. Col. 
Crafts's (Artillery) regt. ; service from Feb. 1, 1777, to date of discharge. May 8, 
1777, 3 mos. 7 days. 

Merriam, Josiah. Private, Capt. George Minot's co.. Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; 
service, 5 days; company marched from the alarm post at Concord to reinforce 
the army March 4, 1776. Roll dated Watertown. 

Merriam, Josiah. List of men drafted from Concord town co. to go to Rhode Island 
on an alarm July 23, 1777. 

Merriam, Josiah, Jr. List of men drafted from Concord town co. to go to Ticonde- 
roga for 3 months, dated Aug. 13, 1777. 

Merriaji, Jotham, Warwick. Private, Capt. William Campbell's co.. Col. Ebenezer 
Learned's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted April 29, 1775 ; service, 
3 mos., 1 week, 3 days; also, company return dated Roxbury, Oct. 7, 1775. 



658 MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 

Mehriam, Nathan. Private, Capt. George Minot's co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt. ; 
service, 5 days ; company marched from the alarm post at Concord to reinforce 
the army March 4, 1776. Roll dated Watertown. 

Merbiam, Samiel, Sudbury. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Cndworth's co. of Minute-men, 
Col. Abijah Peirce's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 
10 days. 

Meruiam, Samtel. Private, Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's co.. Col. Dike's regt.; pay ab- 
stract for gnn and blanket money, dated Dorchester, Feb. 12, 1777; also, same 
CO. and regt. ; muster roll for Dec, 1776-Feb., 1777 ; enlisted Dec. H, 1776 ; cred- 
ited to town of Westminster ; regiment raised to serve until March 1, 1777. 

Mekriam, Silas. List dated Feb. 24, 1778, of prisoners to be exchanged for British 
prisoners under parole to be returned by Col. Johonnott; said Merriam, Doctor, 
to be exchanged for David Burnes, Surgeon's Mate. 

Merriam, Silas. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for 
the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of 
Justin Kly, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 14, 
17TO; age, 18 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 3 In. ; complexion, light; engaged for town of 
Lexington ; marched to camp Jnly 14, 1780, under command of Capt. Hancock. 

Merriam, Timothy. Private, Capt. George Minot's co.. Col. Eleaxer Brooks's regt.; 
service, ■> days; company marched from the alarm post at Concord to reinforce 
the army March 1, 1776; also, Capt. Abishai Brown's co., Col. Joslah Whitney's 
regt. ; enlisted June 2.3, 1776 ; service to Aug. 1, 1776, 1 mo. 8 days ; roll dated 
Camp at Ilnll ; also, petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by said 
Merriam and others belonging to battalion stationed at Hull, asking for increase 
and payment of wages. 

Merkiam, Ti.mothv. Private, Capt. Joseph Warren's co. ; enlisted Aug. 21, 1777; 
discharged Aug. 26, 1777; service, 5 days, under Lieut. Col. Wheelock in North- 
ern department ; company marched on an alarm at Bennington. 

Merriam, William, Mendon. Private, Capt. Samuel Craggin's co., Lieut. Col. Nathan 
Tyler's regt. ; service from Dec. 8, 1776, to Jan. 21, 1777, 1 mo. 15 days, at Provi- 
dence Plantation and Rhode Island on an alarm ; mileage home to Mendon (24 
miles) allowed. 

Merriam, Williaji. List of men retnmed as received of Msj. Stephen Badlam, Super- 
intendent for SnSblk Co., by Justin Ely, Commissioner, at Springfield, Sept. 20, 
1779; engaged for town of Stoughton. 

Merriam. William. Return of men belonging to the State regt. of artillery entitled 
to an additional bounty of £15, as returned by Col. T. Crafts, dated Boston, Jan. 
12, 1778; Capt. Cushing's (7th) CO.; also. Corporal, Capt. Cushinp's co.. Col. 
Ueverc's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 20, 1777, to 
Dec. 31, 1779. 

Mkhrian, William, Stoughton. Descriptive list of men raised in SutTolk Co. to rein- 
force the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779; Capt. Talbut's 
CO., Col. Gill's regt. ; age, 21 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 7i in. ; hair, sandy ; eyes, gray ; 
occupation, husbandman ; nationality, American ; residence, Stoughton ; engaged 
for town of Stoughton ; reported delivered to Capt. L. Bailey. 

Merrian, William. Corporal, Capt. Perez Cushing's (Ist) co., Lieut. Col. Paul 
Revere's corps of artillery; service from Jan. 1, 1780, to May 8, 1780, 4 mos. 8 
days. Roll dated Boston. 

Merrick, . [This name also appears under the form of Marick, Merick, Merrack, 

Merriik, Merrct, Merricks, Merrit, Merrilt, Mirack, Mirak, Mireck, Mireek, Mirl- 
ack, Mirick, Mirik, Mirrack, Mirrak, Mirreck, Mirrich, Mirrick, Myraik, Myreck, 
Myrick.] 



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APPENDIX 



MERRIAMS IN THE REVOLUTION IN CONNECTICUT 

Merriam, Amasa. In Capt. Hough's Co., in the Alarms at New Haven and 
Fairfield, July 6 and 7, 1779, for the 6lh Militia company in the 10th regt. 
Lieut. Nathaniel, Marshal and Samuel were in the same. 
Merriam, Benjamin. In Capt. Collins' co., same time and service as above. 
For the 5th company of the Alarm list in the 10th regt. His "milage for 
horse" was 38 miles. John, sergt., Jesse, Titus, William and Joseph are 
mentioned in the same roll. 

Merriam, Edmund. Was a corporal ; enlisted May 20, 1777, for the war, from 
Wallingford. 

Merriam, Ephraim. Was a lifer; enlisted May 5, 1777, for the war, from Wal- 
lingford. 

Merriam, Ichaeod. In Capt. Cook's co,, is mentioned in a list of soldiers who 
had been sick in 1776. 

Merriam, Jesse. See Benjamin, above. 

Merriam, John. See Benjamin, above. 

Merriam, Joseph. Was 18 days in service in Capt. Samuel Hull's company 
from Wallingford, in Col. Benj. Hall's regt. "at the time of the Alarm for 
relief of Fort William Henry and parts adjacent August, 1757." 

N. B. This was in the French and Indian war which prepared patriots 

for the Revolution. 
See also Benjamin above. 

Merriam, Marshall. See Amasa, above. 

Merriam, Nathaniel. See Amasa, above. 

Merriam, Samuel. See Amasa, above. 

Merriam, Titus. See Benjamin, above. 

Merriam, William. See Benjamin, above. 



LIEUT.-COL. WALDO MERRIAM 

Waldo Merriam, son of Charles (No. 274), was born in Boston, Feb. 23, 
1839, and educated in the public schools. 

He was appointed lieutenant and adjutant of the i6th regiment of Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers Aug. I, 1861; commissioned major Sept. 30, 1862, and 
lieutenant-colonel Nov. 28, 1862. As is well known, the i6th regiment per- 
formed most gallant sen'ice during the war, in the Army of the Potomac; 
and there was no braver or more efficient officer than Waldo Merriam. 
He was twice wounded, once at the battle of Glendale, where he received 
a bullet which passed through his neck between the jugular vein and the 
spinal column, and again in a later battle, he was the recipient of a bullet 
in the arm. He was finally instantly killed, at the battle of Spottsylvania, 
by a bullet in the head, when in command of his regiment, May 12, 1864. 




l.IKLT. cor.. WALDO MEKKIAM 



APPENDIX 463 

What the officers and men of his command thought of him may be best 
stated by quoting Captain Lombard, one of his brother officers, in his 
narrative of the i6th regiment which was pubhshed in the Report of the 
Adjutant-General of Massachusetts. 

Captain Lombard writes : " Perhaps there is no man that has not wished 
that he could forget some deep sorrow which has fallen to his lot. With 
me, when I learned that Merriam was dead, I wi.shed that I could not have 
known it. I was filled with grief, and I saw tears in many a soldier's eye 
when we last gazed on his lifeless form. He was a brave and good officer, 
forgetting self while serving his country, and even willing to sacrifice per- 
sonal comforts for his country's good." 



CONCORD 



BY JOHN UcKINSTRY MERRIAM, A. M. 

A report made to the American Antiquarian Society, April 25, 1894, of 
the visit of a delegation of members to Concord, June 6, 1893. Printed 
by Charles Hamilton, Worcester, 1894; pp. 19. 

From this pamphlet we make the following e.xtracts by the author's kind 
permission. 

'•The farm of Maj. Simon Willard* and the site of the house of Rev. 
Peter rUilkeley were the first two ])laces visited. They were the leaders of 
the little colony of fourteen families or more, who obtained from the 
General Court [of Massiichuestts Bay], Sei)tembcr. 2, 1635, a grant of a 
plantation si.x miles square at Musketaquid. By the terms of the grant the 
name of the place was hereafter to be Concord. . . . Peaceful possession 
of the soil was acquired from the Indian dwellers by a bargain concluded 
at the house of Peter Bulkclcy. . . . Civil order was established by the 
formation of a New England town. ... A Christian church was 
organized July 5, 1636, with Rev. Peter Bulkeley as teacher, and John 
Jones as pastor. 

''After visiting 'the site of the old Town House and Court House on the 
west side of the open space, which has been the public square to the suc- 
cessive generations,' and the batdefield at the North Bridge, the party 
returned to the village, past the old Elijah Jones house, in whose yard the 
British troo|)s halted after they were driven from the Bridge. . . . They 
then turned back to Boston, protected, so far as possible, by flanking parties. 
The .Xmericans in the meantime crossed the great fields or meadows from 
the North Bridge to Meriam's Corner, where they were joined by Minute 
Men from Bedford and Reading. .M this place the flanking party came 
down the hill to the level ground, 'with a slow but steady step, without 
music or a word being spoken that could be heard,' says Rev. Edmund 

• Willard was from Horsemonden, one of the towns in old Kent where the 
Merriam family resided ; not unlikely his influence led the sons of William Merriam 
of Hadlow to locate in Concord. [C. H. P.] 



464 APPENDIX 

Foster, of Reading, an eye-witness. ' Silence reigned on both sides. As 
soon as the British gained the main road and passed a small bridge near 
the corner, they faced about suddenly and fired a volley of musketry upon 
us. They overshot, and no one, to my knowledge, was injured by the fire. 
The fire was immediately returned by the Americans, and two British sol- 
diers fell dead at a little distance from each other in the road near the brook. 
Several of the officers were injured, including Ensign Lester.' 

" The place of the encounter is the extreme eastern end of the Concord 
settlement, at the junction of the Lexington and Bedford roads. 

". . .At the time of the Revolution there were three Meriam houses 
at this corner, one of which, the Ephraim Meriam house, on the Bedford 
road, is standing to-day. An older house, which was occupied by my father's 
grandfather, Josiah Meriam, was located on the Lexington road, about 
the same distance from the junction of the roads as is the existing house. 
All traces of this house have disappeared, but its location was pointed out 
to me by my father [Adolphus Merriam] a short time before he died. 

" Josiah* Meriam was a sergeant in Captain Joseph Hosmer's company 
of Minute Men, and his son, Josiah, Jr., was a private in the same com- 
pany. In February, 1775, the father was one of a committee appointed 
by the town to inspect the Minute Men ; a member of the Committee of 
Correspondence for Concord from 1787 to 1782, and a delegate to the 
State Convention. . . . 

" On the morning of the nineteenth of April, when the alarm was given in 
Concord that the British soldiers were coming, Joseph, the youngest son, 
my grandfather, then seven years old, remained at home, as he always 
said, ' to take care of the women ; ' and soon went with them to a place of 
refuge behind the hill. The British soldiers entered the house, helping 
themselves to whatever breakfast they could find; . . . later in the day 
they repassed the house, when hot johnny-cake and new-baked bread and 
fragrant pies could not tempt them to linger." 



LAWRENCE RECORDS 

George Lawrence married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph (No. iig) Mer- 
riam, Dec. 10, 1822, and lived at Littleton. 

Children : 

1. Richard Austin Lawrence, b. Sept. 27, 1823; m. in March, 

1853, Ednah Miller; settled at Galesburg, 111.; had 
seven children, four of whom are now living (1906); he 
d. Aug. II, 1905. 

2. Martha Adams Lawrence, b. May 18, 1825; d. Sept. 21, 

1826. 

3. Mary Adams Lawrence, b. June 10, 1827; m. in 1845, Will- 

* Josiah,' No. 51, was a locksmith, having learned the trade from his father, 
Joseph,'' No. ig. Their shop doubtless supplied " flint-locks " for the region in the 
French and Indian wars and the Revolution. 



APPENDIX 465 

iam Kimball, who d. Oct. 14, 1884; she d. Maj' 9, 1864- 
They resided at Littleton. 

Children : 

(i) Josephine Merriam Kimball, b. Oct. 21, 1846; d. Sept. 
21, 1849. 

(2) George Albert Kimball, b. May 14, 1850; m. Feb. 29, 

1872, Lizzie E. Robbins. He is chief engineer of ele- 
vated construction of the Boston Elevated Rail- 
way. 

(3) William Lawrence Kimball, b. Jan. 7, 1854; m. Sept. 

12, 1877, Henrietta Bruce. 

(4) Mary Eliza Kimball, b. May 8, 1864; m. Sept. 6, 
1888, John W Harlow. 

(5) Myron Adams Kimball, b. May 8, 1864; m. May 12, 
1885, Grace E. Putnam. 

Eliza Jane Lawrence, b. Nov. 9. 1829; m. Jan. 28, 1853, 
Nathan H. Hartwell, and settled in Littleton. . 

Children : 

(i) Clayton Hartwell, b. Oct. 15, 1856; d. Aug. 11, 1904. 

(2) Hayward Hartwell, b. March 4, 1858. 

(3) Anna Merriam Hartwell, b. Sept. 4, i860; d.Oct. 22, 1864. 

(4) Lawrence Hartwell, b. Jan. 8, 1862; d. June 4, 1863. 
Charles Merriam Lawrence, b. Oct. 13, 1831; m. Feb. 7, 

1863, Grace E. Sloan. 



GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 

JAMES FRANKLIN MERRLAJI, NO. 3I3 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Merriam, of this city, reached their golden wed- 
ding day on Monday, Nov. 22, 1897. Four days later in the early evening 
Mr. Merriam passed quietly away at nearly 80 years of age. The following 
lines previously written for the occasion are now offered to the Old Resi- 
dents of Lawrence and other friends: 

" IN THE EVENING IT SHALL BE LIGHT " 

The golden chain of fifty years 

Is numbered with the [)ast, 
But we've no time for sighs or tears, 

The hours move on so fast. 

So many friends have journeyed on. 

So many here remain, 
Why should we grieve for what is gone 

When we've so much to gain. 



466 APPENDIX 

Our dearest friends beyond the vale, 

Are soothing us to rest. 
Friends here, with love that cannot fail, 

Are making our lives blessed. 

Perhaps when we are seen no more 

Upon the busy street, 
Some one in passing by our door 

May long old friends to greet. 

If we could speak we'd say just then 

Heaven is not far away, 
You'll meet jamiliar faces when 

You leave the house of day. 

Think you our brightest gems are lost 

Because they're out of sight? 
Miss Wetherbee, and all the host 

Of friends we miss to-night? 

Called higher, one by one, that's all. 

Where these eyes cannot see. 
How can a worm that's made to crawl 

See butterfly or bee? 

Dear friends in Lawrence, I recall *" 

Your every face and name, 
And dealing justly with you all, 

And loving you the same. 

I send these lines, this short good-bye, 

As fades the setting sun. 
The evening's here and we must try 

To finish work begun. 

Tho' clouds should gather and the night 

Be sometimes dark and drear. 
The stars above are always bright. 

And we must never fear.* 

Mary Davidson Merriam. 

[Lawrence Paper.] 

*"Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the 
kingdom." — St. Luke, I2th chap., 32d verse. 



Index of Names in <' Genealogical 
Memoranda" 



Abbet, 21. 
Appleton, xi, xii, xv. 
Apse, 17. 
Asten, II. 
Austen, g. 

Bacheler, 13. 

Baker, 21. 

Baldock, 21. 

Beall, 17, 18. 

Bennet, 61. 

Blocke, 22. 

Hratell, Bratill, l ]. 

Brette, Robert, g. 

Brome, 2. 

Brown, Browne, 2, 5. 

Brystowe, 6. 

Buckhurst, 17. 

Bull, ig. 

Burgess, Burgeis, xii, 6, 

7- 
Bynde, 17. 

Carter, 15. 
Chapman, 14. 
Cheesman, Cheseman, 

Chisman, 1 5, 16, 17. 
Clerk, 14. 
Collier, 20. 
Consant, 22. 
Cooper, ig. 
Coper, 14. 

Covenney, Thomas, 4. 
Crafte, 17. 
Cruxc, 20. 
Dabbs, 22. 
Delman, 14. 
Dickinson-Gildersomc, 

X, xiv. 



Emyot, 14. 
Evans, 17. 
Everden, Evernden, ig. 

Fittey (or Tittey), 20. 

Francis, 15. 

French, 22. 

Frythe als. I'oulter, 14. 

Gateford, 14. 
Gibson, Gybson, 14. 
Goulder als. Gouldup, 

22. 
Gregory, 23, Table B. 

ll.ildcn, 12. 
Hall, 12. 
Hamon, 22. 
Hartindi-n, 17. 
Harvey, Harvye, 20, 22. 
Hasilton, Hasilden, ig. 
Henman, 21. 
Hcrenden, 4. 
Hickmote, Hickemote, 

i8. Table B. 
Hill, 21. 
Holden, 15. 
Hont, see Hunt. 
Hooker, ig, 22. 
Hopkins, 15. 
Horsmondrn, 10, 11, 15. 
Hosher, 17. 
I lunt, Hont, 4, I :j 14. 

Joceaux, 2. 

Jones, Joanes, 20, 21. 

Justice, 20. 

Kingsfoord, 12. 



Laket, I. 
Lambe, 11. 
Langlee, 4. 
Levcnoth, 13. 
Leynard, 13. 
Lowdwell, 20. 

Marable, Marrable, 21. 
Mason, 17. 
Meritt, 17. 

Merriam, Maryham, 
Meriham, Merthani, 
Merream, Mirrhiam, 
Maryam, Meryham, 
Merryam, Myryani, 
etc. 

Agnes, 3, 14, 15, 18, 
21-23, Table A. 

Alexander, 5, 6, 12-14, 
16, 17, 20, 24, Table 
A. 

Alice, Alse, 2, 1 o, II , 1 4, 
i6-ig, 24, 25, Table 
A, B. 

Ann, Anne, 12, 15, 16, 
21, 22. 

Annis, Annes, 17, ig. 

Bartholomew, 14. 

Benet, Bennet. Bene- 
dict, ig. Table A. 

Catherine, g, ig, Table 
B. 

Charles Pierce, x, xv. 

Cristync, 20. 

Denis, Deonys, g, 16, 
Table B. 

Dessms, 20. 

Dorothy, 20. 

Edward, 12, 13, 20, 22. 



467 



468 



INDEX OF NAMES 



Elizabeth, 7, II, 14-22, 

Table B. 
EUine, 15, 17. 
Eve, 17. 
Faythe, 17. 

George, xi, xii, 15, 16, 

18, 19, 22, 23. 
Godleve, 2, Table A. 
Harry, Herry, 18, ig, 

Table A. 
Henry, 3, 5, 6, 9-1 1, 14- 

19, 22, 24, 25, Table 
A, B. 

Isabel, Table B. 
James, 2, 21, Table A. 
James Sheldon, xv. 
Joan, Joane, Johan, 

Jone, Jonne, i, 2, 4, 

5-9, II, 12, 15-22, 

Table A, B. 
John, xi, 1,2, 4-6, 9-22, 

24-26, Table A, B. 
John George, xi. 
Joseph, xi. 
Joyce, 19. 
Judith, ig. 
Julian, |uIyan,8,Table 

B. 
Katherine, Katheren, 

Kathern, 17, 21. 
Laurence, Larance, xiv, 

I, 20. 
Margery, Margerie, 2, 

19, 22, Table A. 
Martha, 20. 
Margaret, 12, 17-20,22. 
- Mary,Marie,l2, 16,18, 

20. 
Micheias, Michaia, 12. 
Mildred, 19-21. 
Nathan, xi. 
Nicholas, 14, 16. 
Paul, 21. 
Peace, Peas, 11, 17, 

Table B. 
Peter, 13. 
Philip, Phillipp, ig. 



Rachel, Rachaell, 17, 

21. 
Richard, 8, 10, 11, 14, 

16-19, 21, 24, 25, 

Table B. 
Robert, xi, I, 2, 6, 12, 

18, 21, Table A. 
Sara, Sarah, 16, 17, 23. 
Silvester, 15. 
Stephen, Steven, 2, 4-8, 

9, II, 13-20, 22, 24, 

25, Table A, B. 
Susanna, 20, 21, 23. 
Thomas, 7, 13, 15-20, 

22, 23, Table B. 
Ursula, 21. 
William, xi, xii, xv, i, 3, 

5, g-ig, 21-25, Table 

A, B. 

Merrye, 18. 

Meryll, Meryall, 10, 11, 
18. 

Nepeson, 14. 

Orgaric, 9. 
Oure, 15. 
Ownsted, 15. 

Pagge, 3- 
Papworth, 17. 
Parker, 15. 
Pattenden, II. 
Payne, 19. 
Pettinggale, 15. 
Piper, Pyper, xii. 
Rising, 22. 
Posyngewerse, Possing- 

worth, I. 
Poulter, see Frythe als. 

Poulter. 
Prescott, I. 

Ramsey, 13. 
Reader, Reder, 19. 
Rich, Riche, 14. 
Risby, 21. 
Robbeason, 19. 



Rodynbridge, Table B. 
Roode, 13. 

Salmon, 20. 
Salter, 15, 22. 
Sanders, 15. 
Sherwood, xv. 
Simpson, Sympson, 20- 

22. 
Smyth, 21. 
Somer, see Were ah. 

Somer. 
Spryngett, 10. 
Stace, 14. 
Stannynden, i. 
Startopp, 17. 
Stephan, Stephans, 9. 
Stone, 20. 
Stylman, 23. 
Suate, 14. 
Symons, 22. 

Tassell, 15. 
Taylor, 21. 
Thatcher, 3, 20, Table 

B. 
Thompson, Tompson, 

Tomson, 17. 
Tittey (or Fittey), 21, 

22. 
Towne, 23. 
Trusser, Tresser, 12, 22. 

Va Lues, 20. 

Walchin, 19. 

Walter, 14, 15. 

Watts, Wattes, 19, 22, 

Table B. 
Weeksell, 17. 
Ware, Were, 18, 19, 

Table B. 
Wickin, 21. 
Wilye, Wylye, q, 14. 
Wynible, 23. 

Young, Yong, Yonge, 
14. 



INDEX OF PLACES 



469 



INDEX OF PLACES 



(Nearly all these places are in 
Kent, unless otherwise de- 
scribed.) 

Acol, in Birchington, 20. 

Ash, Ashe, 22. 

Arte Watere, in Wal- 

dron, I. 
Aythorne hundred, 24. 

Barncroft, 6. 
Barnfield, see West 

Barnficld. 
Bearsted, ig. 
Bclainengate, 6. 
Birchington, 20. 
Blechynton, I. 
Boughton Malherbe, 

22. 
Boughton Monchelsea, 

xi, 1-6, 8, 12-15, 19, 

22, 24, 25, Table A. 
Bo.viey, 6. 
Brenchley, Brcnchcsley, 

21, Table B. 
Brenzet, 14. 
Bridge, I ^. 
Brodelelde, 5. 

Canterbury, 11, 12, 14, 
17, 21, 22. 

Burgate, 26. 

Cathedral, 20. 

Probate registry, 2. 

St. Alphage, 20. 

St. Andrews, 15, 21, 
22. 

St. George's, 15, 20, 
22. 

St. Margaret's, 22. 

St. Mary Magdalene, 
20, 21. 

St. Paul's, 22. 

St. Peter's, 21, 22. 
Charing, 15. 
Chart, 14. 
Chilton, 25. 
Cliffe, CO. Sussex, 21. 
Coginull, 8. 



Cokefrede, 4. 
Cranbrook, 15, 20, 21. 

Dannys, 4. 
Downe Tott, 7. 

Estfeld, 5. 

Frittenden, 19. 

(ilouerswode, 5. 
Goudhurst, xv, i, 6, 8- 
II, 1.5-19, 21, 24. 

Hacheland, 4, 5, Table 

A. 
Hadlow, xi. 
liardwell, 8. 
Harrietshani, 13, 15, 21, 

22. 
Heathfield, CO. Sussex, I. 
Headcorn, 24. 
Herst, I. 
Ilokefeldc, 4. 
Mollingborne, 19. 
Horsmonden, xii, xv, 

18, 22-25. Table B. 
Hothfield, 21. 
I iouiulpette, 4. 
ilunton Ills. Huntyngton, 

>4. "S. 2J. I'able B. 

Isenhurst, co. Sussex, I. 

Lamberhurst, i. 
Langley, 14. 
Lenhain, 13, 14, 21. 
Lewes, CO. Sussex, 1,21. 
Linton, xi. 
London, x, xv, 24. 
London, St. Dionis 

Backchurch, 21. 
Lynton, see Linton. 

Maidstone, xi, 4, 20, 21, 
24, 25, Table A. 

Marden, 4, 5, 6, 14, 21, 
22, 24, Table A. 

Mcresham, xiv. 

Mcrihani, Merrion, or 



Myrryam manor, 
CO. Pembroke, xi. 

Meryhelles, 6. 

Minster, in Thanet, 15, 
21, 22, 25. 

Monkton, 15, 22. 

Moteiand, 5. 

Northbourne, 21. 

Pembrokeshire, xi. 

Penshurst castle, I. 

Possingworth, co. Sus- 
sex, I. 

Preston near Kaver- 
sham, 21. 

Quecnborough, 12. 

Robertsbridge, I. 
Rugmerhill, in Yalding, 
25, 26. 

St. Clement's, co. 

Middx., 22. 
St. Giles in Fields, co. 

Middx., 22. 
Sevenoaks, 23. 
Shonford, 5. 
Sketfeld, 3. 
Staplehurst, 15, 22. 
Stonfelde, 5. 
Sutton Vallance, 13. 

Tenby, CO. Pembroke, xi. 
Tomies 5. 
Tonbridge, xii. 
Tudeley, xii, 23, 25. 
Two Dannys, 4. 

VValdron, i. 
Walshwode, 5. 
Walsh Wodfelde, 5. 
West Barnfield hundred, 

I, 24, Table B. 
Woodnesborough, 22. 
Wyke, 24. 

Yalding, Yalden, 15, 19, 
22. 



Index to Merriams in Genealogy 

BY NUMBERS, NOT PAGES 



A. Lucinda, 897. 

Aaron, 34, 68, 72, 160. 

Aaron Brooks, 2s8, 569. 

Aaron Eames, 185. 

Aaron Wood, 498, 904. 

Abbie A., 846, 904. 

Abbie Blake, 928. 

Abbie Caroline, 567. 

Abbie Prances, 609. 

Abbie I., 440. 

Abbie M., 566. 

Abbie R., 564. 

Abby, 143, 519. 

Abby Fiske, 616, 619. 

Abby P., 547. 

Abby Rosella, 261. 

Abel, 70, 85, 190, 191, 
193, 418, 419, 422, 
424,795,801. 

Abel H., 185, 401. 

Abel Woods, 235, 521. 

Abiel, 21. 

Abiel H., 252, 55S. 

Abigail, 3, 4, 8, 10, II, 
14, 18, 23, 24, 35, 38, 
39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 50, 
57, 61, 83, 86, 87, 89, 
92, 96, 107, 115, 125, 
•38, 143. 159. "62, 
165, 166, 185-7, 191, 
225, 230, 280, 372, 

495. 517- 
Abigail L., 497. 
Abigail Little, 616. 
Abigail Lucretia, 367. 
Abijah, 90, 104, 231. 
Abijah Seaver, 231, 505. 
Abijah W., 505. 
Abner, 175. 
Abner Holden, 495, 896. 



Abner Wheeler, 119. 
Abraham, 35, 86, 194, 

429. 
Achsah, 520. 
Ada, I, 421, 900. 
Ada E., 824. 
Ada Elsiephinie, 687. 
Ada Gertrude, 1017. 
Ada M., 705. 
Ada Virginia, 569. 
Addie, 364, 861. 
Addie M., 414. 
Addie Palmer, 539. 
Adelaide E., 493. 
Adelaide Louise, 603. 
Adele, 381. 
Adelia E., 471. 
Adelia Frances, 272. 
Adeline, 229, 253, 277, 

4'0. 501. 532, 644, 

785, 790. 
Adeline A., 739. 
Adeline Louisa, 742. 
Adeline Sabra, 742. 
Adeliza, 567. 
Adeliza Frances, 567. 
Adeliza Maria, 272. 
Adney, 471, 862. 
Adolphus, 119, 211, 276. 
Adora Jane, 689. 
Agnes, 348, 796. 
Ahira, 161, 368. 
Alanson Wilder, 952, 

1246. 
Alba Dimon, 366, 735. 
Albert, 124, 176, 188, 

365.390.480,493.759. 

734,873.892.893.934- 
Albert B., 624. 
Albert C, 705. 
470 



Albert Chester, 527, 937. 
Albert Childs, 921,1217. 
Albert Elliot, 442, 459, 

825, 846. 
Albert Emery, 937, 

1228. 
Albert Eugene, 1145. 
Albert G., 731. 
Albert Hinds, 825. 
Albert L., 414, 733. 
Albert Lafayette, 243, 

538. 
Albert Lucius, 631. 
Albert Oscar, 858. 
Albert P., 710. 
Albert Peverly, 5 1 4. 
Albert S., 513. 
Albert W., 355. 
Albert Walker, 220. 
Albert William, 795, 

1 1 56. 
Albert Y., 970. 
Albina B., 356. 
Alexander Ross, 349, 

723- 
Alexander Thatcher, 

668. 

Alfred, 496, 498, 900. 

Alfred Brooks, 569. 

Alfred Crawford, 636. 

Alfred Gordon, 438. 

Alfred Halsey, 592. 

Alfred Sidney, 530. 

Alfred Wilder, 900. 

Alice, 12, 272, 550, 555, 

573. 711. 972. 995- 
Alice A., 525a. 
Alice A. P., 865. 
Alice Annette, 709. 
Alice Blanchard, 924. 



INDEX TO MERBIAMS 



471 



Alice Calista, 584. 
Alice Caroline, 609. 
Alice E., 865. 
Alice Edna, 899. 
Alice Eliza, 469. 
Alice Frances, 661. 
Alice Josephine, 661. 
Alice Laura, 477. 
Alice Nettie, 868. 
Alice P., 1 100. 
Alice Rosalinda, 687. 
Alice Thayer, 272, 600. 
Alice Theodora, 591. 
Alice Whittaker, 579. 
Alice Williams, 447. 
Aline Herniinie, 653. 
Allen, 152, 346, 347, 

710. 
Allie I'rancis, 589. 
Allyn, 77, 172. 
Alma, 157. 
Alma May, 723. 
Alma E., 444. 
Alma Eveleth, 349. 
Alma R., 891. 
Almira, 165, 187, 204, 

236, 240, 319, 367, 

375. 7' I. 816, 844. 
Almira Amelia, 696. 
Almira North, 344. 
Almon W., 693. 
Alpheus, 216, 483. 
Alta, 501. 
Althca, 6X9. 
Althe-a v., 356. 
Alton Bennett, 685. 
Alva, Alvah, 147, 332, 

334, 33(>, 565. 688, 

693- 
Alvan, Alvin, 233, <;23, 

794- 
Alvarado R., 691. 
Alvesta, 314. 
Alvin Oscar, 366, 737. 
Amanda, 140, 29^, 501, 

527- 
Amanda Adelaide, 400. 
Amanda Hillings, 923. 
Amanda Lydia, 309. 



Amanda Rebecca, 526. 

Amariah, I2I. 

Amasa, 68, 147, 202, 

454- 

Amasette, 709. 

Amelia, see also Ellen. 

Amelia, 302, 344, 660. 

Amelia A., 596. 

Amelia Elizabeth, 625. 

Amelia Martens, 685. 

Amherst W., 1243. 
-Amos, 13, 20, 38, 50, 95, 
115, 116, 198, 202, 
215, 262, 452, 481. 

Amos A., 836, 1182. 

Amos Augustus, 262. 

Amos Evarts, 263, 582. 

Amy, 75, 508. 

Amy P., 731. 

Amzi, Amzy, 211, 346, 

473. 709- 
Andrew, 87, 198, 199. 
Andrew Battles, 515, 

923- 
Andrew Jackson, 420, 

797- 

Andrew Mellen, 444. 
Andrew Nixon, 199, 

447. '^33- 
Angelica .S., 391. 
Angelina, Angelme, 233, 

247. 477. 820. 

Angeline E., 233. 

Angeline Nichols, 479. 

Angerona, 725. 

Ann, Anna, Anne, 5, 7, 
46, 48, 51, 69, 82, 90, 
92, 100, 117, 121, 136, 

'44. '53. '64. '89. 

199, 211, 227, 248, 

320, 411, 451, 523, 
8.7. 

Ann Eliza, 163, 335, 

349. 350. 5' 7- 
Ann Elizabeth, 263. 
Ann Jane, 199, 478. 
Ann K., 172. 
Ann M., 312. 
Anna Alma, 721. 



Anna B., 354, 863. 
Anna C, 499. 
Anna Cornelia, 713. 
Anna E., 587. 
Anna Eliza, 514. 
Anna Elizabeth, 410, 

940. 
Anna L., 692. 
Anna M., 729. 
Anna Maria, 555. 
Anna Page, 109. 
Anna Parker, 544. 
Anna W., 496. 
Anne Susan, loio. 
Annette Rose, 589. 
Annette Virginia, 354. 
Annie, 360, 570, 61 1, 

853. 973- 
Annie B., 921. 
Annie C, 823. 
Annie Frances, 950. 
Annie L., 506, 834. 
Annie Lizzie, 773. 
Annie Louisa, 567. 
Annie M., 401, 859. 
Annie .May, 668. 
Annie R., 682. 
Annie Fheresa, 654. 
Ansel Kellogg, 707. 
Anson, 162, 370. 
Antoinette, 622. 
Antoinette E., 550. 
Arabella, 253. 
Arba, 159, 362. 
Arcelia, 351. 
Archibald, 145^, 324. 
Archibald Taylor, 1130. 
A ret as, 642. 
Ariadne Wirt, 589. 
Armenia, 351, 352. 
Arteliza, 351. 
Artemas, 188, 202, 406, 

437. 453. 494. 817, 

895. 
Artemisia, 348. 
Artesia, 351. 
Arthur, 561, 565, 739, 

971,996. 
Arthur Bennett, 667. 



472 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Arthur Carlos, 589, 1021. 
Arthur Coleman, 942. 
Arthur Eli, 1212. 
Arthur Fitzroy, 1185. 
Arthur G., 865. , 
Arthur Gardner, 620, 

1065. 
Arthur Hammond, 966, 

1251. 
Arthur Herbert, I20l. 
Arthur I., 847, 1 193. 
Arthur Jonas, 1 165. 
Arthur Lewis, 570, 998. 
Arthur Loveli, 477, 869. 
Arthur Marsh, 5^, 942. 
Arthur Marshall, 592. 
Arthur Sands, 1 133. 
Arthur Taylor, 742, 

1131. 
Arthur W., 823, 1 177. 
Arthur Ware, 274, 606. 
Arthur Wilder, 950, 

1241. 
Asa, 37, 94, 102, 196, 

228, 443, 501. 
Asa L., 203. 
Asa Lincoln, 214. 
Asa Minot, 535, 947. 
Asa W., 188. 
Asahel, 30, 67, 69, 71, 

73, 146, 154, 163. 
Asaph, 61, 64, 68, 148, 

225. 340, 342- 496, 

700, 706. 
Asaph Lyman, 496. 
Asbury, 129. 
Asbury H., 293, 635. 
Asenath, 85, 129, 130. 
Athelred, 10, 22. 
Augusta, 606. 
Augusta C, 298. 
Augusta Joseph ine, 

464. 
Augusta Marion, 94. 
Augusta Matilda, 1021. 
Augustus Chapman, 

309, 656. 
Augustus D., 562, 989. 
Aurilla Daniaris, 687. 



Austin Edward, 1141. 
Azella, 587. 
Azuba, 98, 103. 

Barbara Zeruiah L,473. 

Barnard States,22i,488. 

Beatrice, 1 142. 

Belilla, 462. 

Belinda, 167, 332. 

Belinda Estella, 685. 

Belle P., 710. 

Benjamin, 9, 13, 20, 22, 
3'. 34, 55. 72, 8a, 104, 
106, 161, 194, 195, 
201, 202, 230, 234, 
236, 440, 450, 504, 
517, 523, 525, 931. 

Benjamin A., 419. 

Benjamin Ely, 161. 

Benjamin F., 438, 440, 
822. 

Benjamin Franklin, 236, 
525- 

Benjamin Kingsbury, 

".7- 
Benjamin Robert, 504. 

Benjamin Wallace, 687. 

Benjamin Wheeler, 258, 

567. 

Bernard Adolphus, 610. 

Bernard Francis, 276, 
610. 

Bert, 947, 1228, 1238. 

Bertha Eliza, 504. 

Bertha M., 670, 1 103. 

Bertha Sayer, 722. 

Bessie, see also Eliza- 
beth, 911. 

Bessie G., 522. 

Bessie Lulu, 940. 

Bethiah, 65, 141, 159. 

Betsey, see also Eliza- 
beth, 94, III, 117, 
129, 163, 165, 168, 
190, 215, 224, 226, 
228, 233, 234, 244, 
252, 257, 286, 295, 

325. 345, 502, 528. 
Betsey Ann, 296. 



Betsey Annie, 539. 
Betsey Christiana, 528. 
Betsey Conant, 526. 
Betsey D., 424. 
Betsey Jane, 286. 
Betsey S., 905. 
Betsey W., 226. 
Beulah, 39, III, 159. 
Bishop, 129, 293, 634. 
Blois Burnham, 853. 
Bradley, 125. 
Burr Jay, 626. 
Burrage, 29, 67, 145a, 

146, 325. 
Burt F., 796. 
Burton, 640, 711. 

C. Anna, 1142. 

Caleb, 174. 

Caleb S., 499, 905. 

Calla, 790. 

Calvin, 235, 501, 908. 

Calvin Augustin, 639a. 

Camilla Alfaretta, 475. 

Camilla R., 740. 

Capitola, 708. 

Carl Bernard, 645. 

Carl Proctor, 944, 1233. 

Caroline, 154, 229, 261, 

274, 276, 298, 465, 

544, 643, 651, 663, 

725., 773, 859- 
Caroline A., 739. 

Caroline Augusta, 805. 
Caroline Eliza, 222. 
Caroline Elliot, 248. 
Caroline Frances, 666. 
Caroline Hartley, 745. 
Caroline J., 785. 
Caroline Louise, 274, 

695. 
Caroline McK., 611. 
Caroline Maria, 282. 
Caroline Pamelia, 621. 
Caroline Sophia, 300. 
Caroline T., 330. 
Caroline W., 930. 
Caroline Ware, 605. 
Caroline Whitlock, 732. 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



473 



Carrie, 468, 537, 796, 

860, 893. 
Carrie A., 859, 914. 
Carrie Amelia, 385. 
Carrie Augusta, 852. 
Carrie Belle, 927. 
Carrie Bishop, 465. 
Carrie E., 7246. 
Carrie Ella, 912. 
Carrie Forbes, 469. 
Carrie Maria, 492. 
Carrie O., 670. 
Carrie R., 891. 
Carroll, 861. 
Carroll Burnham, 994. 
Carroll Fuller, 610. 
Cassias A., 525. 
Cassius M., 513, 920. 
Cassius Truman, 689. 
Catherine, Katherine, 

87, 231, 262, 988. 
Catherine Augusta, 262. 
Catherine Cecilia, 462. 
Catherine Emily, 472. 
Catherine 1 1., 498. 
Catherine Huldah, 511. 
Catherine King, 970. 
Catherine Lucretia, 473. 
Catherine Sevelia, 698. 
Caty, 231, 506. 
Celeste Maria, 420. 
Celia, 157. 
Celia Campbell, 616. 
Celia Nichols, 210. 
Celinda, 347, 7 10. 
Celinda M., 965. 
Charity, 12. 
Charles, 119, 121, 188, 

245, 266, 274, 281, 

317. 363. 41 '. 4J8, 
428, 454, 464, 483, 
510, 516, 544, 604, 
605, 617, 619, 635, 
67'. 731. 792, 860, 
893, 1046. 

Charles Addison, 467. 

Charles Albert, 511,840, 
893, 1 20 1, 1224. 

Charles Alonzo, 454. 



Charles Alvah, 336. 
Charles Andrew, 703. 
Charles Andrews, 837, 

1183. 
Charles Anthony, 385, 

758. 
Charles Arthur, 947. 
Charles Augustus, 481, 

655, 876. 
Charles Bailey, 852. 
Charles Barrett, 422. 
Charles Benjamin, 485. 
Charles Bishop, 698. 
Charles C, 690. 
Charles Collins, 651, 

1075. 
Charles Dana, 794, 1 1 55. 
Charles Danforth, 218, 

486. 
Charles Daniel, 37 5, 748. 
Charles E., 535, 565. 
Charles Edmund, 732. 
Charles Edward, 265, 

349. 569. 588, 616, 

721, 740, 997, 1018. 
Charles Ellery, 437, 818. 
Charles Enoch, 817, 

1175. 
Charles F., 793, 909. 
Charles Fanvcll, 503, 

914. 
Charles Field, 410. 
Charles Franklin, loio. 
Charles Frederic Otis, 

1 174, 1268. 
Charles Grecniicf, 533. 
Charles H., 231, 493, 

506, 731. 
Charles Henry, 213, 244, 

480, 540, 541, 918, 

927. 
Charles Herbert, 851, 

875, 1195, 1201. 
Charles Holden, 896, 

1209. 
Charles Horace, 530. 
Charles Isaac, 374, 745. 
Charles J., 155, 544, 

962. 

/ 



Charles James, 328, 679. 
Charles John, 156, 360. 
Charles Joseph, 275. 
Charles Keyes, 492. 
Charles L., 408, 779. 
Charles Leighton, 592. 
Charles Levi, 486, 881. 
Charles Lewis, 617. 
Charles L., 704, iioo. 
Charles Martin, 309, 

655. 
Charles Nelson, 584. 
Charles Newell, 902. 
Charles Pierce, 579, 745, 

loio. 
Charles Putnam, 354, 

728. 
Charles R., 412. 
Charles Rollin, 521, 931. 
Charles Russell, 411. 
Charles Sheldon, 655. 
Charles Simonds, 1207. 
Charles Theodore, 571. 
Charles Tupper, 921. 
Charles W., 490, 554. 
Charles Wads worth, 

620. 
Charles Wentworth, 

566, 995. 
Charles Wesley, 222, 

937. >227- 
Charles Whittaker, 262. 
Charles Wiley, 255, 

56.. 
Charles Willis, 721. 
Charles Wolcott, 1064, 

1261. 
Charlotte, 187, 291, 467, 

949- 
Charlotte B., 760. 
Charlotte Cotton, 910. 
Charlotte Eliza, 467. 
Charlotte F-lizabeth, 

1 06 1. 
Charlotte M., 383. 
Chauncy, 449, 836. 
Cheney F., 825. 
Cheney Fiske, 196, 442 
Chester, 164, 971. 



474 



INDEX TO MERKIAMS 



Chester Adams, 551, 

972. 
Chester J., 525(2. 
Chester Scovill, 745. 
Chloe, 68. 
Chloe M., 487. 
Christiana P., 238. 
Christina, 854. 
Christina Zeigler, 1141. 
Christopher, 31, 77. 
Clara, 145, 320, 350, 

412. 547. 630, 640, 

644, 861. 
Clara A., 760, 971. 
Clara Arvilla, 937. 
Clara Avelina, 642. 
Clara C, 298. 
Clara E., 490, 730. 
Clara Eliza, 492. 
Clara Elizabeth, 589. 
Clara L., 412. 
Clara Lanier, 475. 
Clara Leora, 903. 
Clara M., 764. 
Clara Maria, 585. 
Clarabell, 440. 
Clarence Eugene, 1209. 
Clarence F., 1 191. 
Clarence Julius, 629. 
Clarissa, 152, 160, 176, 

216, 217, 221, 222, 

347, 452, 458, 480. 
Clarissa Angelina, 686. 
Clarissa Asenath, 295. 
Clarissa Kennon, 934. 
Clarissa Louisa, 221. 
Clark, 188, 227, 414, 

500. 
Claude B., 796a. 
Clement, 63, 137, 303, 

645. 
Clement Le Roy, 645. 
Clementine, 303, 598. 
Cleora, 217. 
Clifton Harry, 899. 
Clinton Hart, 651, 1076. 
Clinton L., 139. 
Clinton Levi, 309, 651. 
Cloette, 691. 



Constance Albert, 666. 
Constance Elizabeth, 

611. 
Content Lavina, 301. 
Cora Alice, 944. 
Cora C, 549. 
Cora Ella, 894. 
Cora O., 920. 
Cornelia, 525. 
Cornelia Day, 970. 
Cornelia Locke, 657. 
Cornelius R., 220. 
Cynthia, 171, 185, 441, 

510. 
Cynthia C, 698. 
Cynthia F., 419. 
Cynthia Lunette, 698. 
Cynthia M., 171. 
Cynthia Victoria, 400. 
Cy renins, 211, 474. 
Cyril, 202, 456. 
Cyrus, 160, 203, 233, 

286, 366, 463, 511, 

623. 
Cyrus J., 320. 
Cyrus Knapp, 464, 856. 
Cyrus Lincoln, 852. 

Dale Chester, 1135. 

Damaris, 64, 148, 685. 

Dan, 122, 281. 

Dana Read, 344. 

Daniel, i^, 55, 62, 80, 
81, 112,121,132, 134, 
175, 176, 190, 280, 
300, 303, 394, 6390. 

Daniel Baxter, 273, 603. 

Daniel Beal, 557. 

Daniel D., 233. 

Daniel Dodge, 233, 513. 

Daniel Dowd, 76, 170. 

Daniel Erastus, 347. 

Daniel L., 564. 

Daniel Nelson, 206. 

Daniel Palmer, 165, 375. 

Darius, 1 17, 269, 471. 

Darius Gregory, 269, 
596. 

Darwin, 261, 450, 838. 



Darwin A., 710. 

David, 15, 42, 50, 74, 
loi, 103, 106, 134, 
233. 234, 245, 300, 
452, 508, 514, 545, 
639, 841. 

David A., 166. 

David Edgar, 303. 

David Edwin, 245, 

545- 
David Hayes, 540, 

954- 
David Howe, 244, 540. 
David K., 345, 707. 
David Kellogg, 707. 
David Rice, 74, 167. 
David Sidney, 1 135. 
Dean K., 1230. 
Deborah, 31, 63, 73, 

115, 201. 
Deborah P., 449. 
De Ette, 624. 
Delia, 146. 
Delia Augusta, 510. 
Delia Jane, 311. 
Delia, 690. 
Delia Maria, 935. 
Delphia, 399. 
Delphia French, 399. 
Desdemona, 288. 
Desire, 124. 
De Witt Clinton, 379, 

750- 
Diana, " Dinah," 185. 

Diantha, 202, 522, 457, 

841. 
Dora Rhoda, 540. 
Dora L., 901. 
Dorcas Jane, 580. 
Dorothy, 19, 56, 113, 

1076. 
Dorothy Jane, 1065. 
Dorothy Louisa, 156. 
Dorothy Sumner, 281. 
Doshan, 129. 
Dotha M., 975. 
Dwight, 188, 416. 
Dwight A., 291, 632. 
DiUy, 96. 



INDEX TO MERB.IAMS 



475 



E. Gertrude, 920. 

Eben, 254. 

Ebenezer, 7, g, 10, 13, 
18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 35, 
36, 47. 49. 55. 56, 62, 
89, 112, 122, 134,202, 
235. 254. 255. 282, 
283, 304, 454, 458. 
642. 

Ebenezer Hill, 437. 

Ebenezer Parsons, 28:5, 
622. 

Ebenezer Randall, 622. 

Eddie A., 710. 

Eddie E., 891. 

Edgar, 639. 

Edgar Elisha, 687. 

Edgar H., 702. 

Edgar Hayes, 472. 

Edgar Nathan, 5S9, 
1022. 

Edith, 82, 652, 690, 984. 

[■.ditli Annie, lOIO. 

I'^dith Augusta, 899. 

Edith Dwight, 1062. 

Edith Estella, 596. 

Edith Gertrude, 94O. 

Edith L., 587. 

Edith M., 297, 755. 

Edith Martha, 811. 

Edniond, Edmund, 55, 
64, 121, 122, 139, 146, 
257, 280, 330, 565, 
615. 

Edmund A., 682. 

Edmund Bidwell, 550, 

97°- 
Edmund Franklin, 892, 

1203. 

Edmund Jones, 364, 

732. 
Edmund Sawyer, 723. 
Edna Hurdick, 661. 
Edna E., 847. 
Edna H., 733. 
Edson, 493. 
Edward, 302, 332, 437, 

501, 685, 864, 910, 

1078. 



Edward A., 258, 923. 
Edward Benjamin, 516, 

926. 
Edward Bronson, 1130. 
Edward Brown, 222. 
Edward Burton, 300. 
Edward C, 414, 786. 
Edward Douglass, 222, 

492. 
Edward Fiske, 616. 
Edward Francis, 791. 
Edward George, 746, 

114I. 
Edward H., 412. 
Edward Jonas, 422. 
Edward Jones, 732, 

1 120. 
Edward Joseph, 961. 
Edward Kendrick, 603. 
Edward Lyman, 688. 
Edward Marshall, 336. 
Edward P., 229, 814. 
Fldward Pease, 1 140. 
Edward Porter, 658, 

1082. 
Edward Roscoe, 685. 
Edward Scovill, 164, 

372, 742, 1 1 30. 
Edward Stacy, 745. 
Edward Tupper, 511. 
Edwin, 281. 
Edwin Alexander, 654, 

1078. 
Edwin Alvord, 619. 
Edwin Augustus, 518, 

930- 
Edwin D., 442. 
Edwin Dwight, 619, 

1062. 
Edwin Elisha, 563. 
Edwin G., 690. 
Edwin Garrald, 316, 

668,7 [669]. 
Edwin Hart, 266. 
Edwin J., 341, 704. 
Edwin Mills, 584. 
Edwin Noble, 352. 
Edwin P., 168. 
Edwin W., 992. 



Effie, 711. 

Ela, 139, 140, 309. 

Ela Nathaniel, 309, 650. 

Elba Gage, 590. 

Eldridge, 242, 535, 900. 

Eleanor, see also Elinor. 

Eleanor, 66, 99, 106, 
524. 

Eleanor A., 598. 

Eleanor Hayes, 657. 

FLleanor Sophia, 617. 

Eleanor W., 818. 

Eleazer, 44. 

Electa, 407. 

Eli Carr, 314. 

Eli Howe, 905, 1 21 2. 

Elias, 451. 

Elijah, 74, 168. 

Elima H., 876. 

Elinda, 663. 

Elinor, see also Eleanor. 

Elinor Louise, 81 1. 

Elinor Ware, 606. 

Eliot, 436, 535. 

Elisha, 64, 83, 117, 143, 
I4S, 187, 188, 257, 
314, 404, 563, 663. 

Elisha Jonas, 563. 

Eliza, 136, 137,141,143, 
160, 176, 180, 186, 
188, 189, 204, 251, 
254. 255, 302, 337, 
365. 403. 424. 441, 
460 486, 530, 903. 

Eliza, A. D., 506. 

Eliza A. P., 251. 

Eliza Ann, 134, 205, 
300, 691, 840. 

Eliza E., 490. 

Eliza Elizabeth, 1 37. 

Eliza Elvira, 596. 

Eliza F., 486. 

Eliza J., 206, 513. 

Eliza Jane, 206. 

Eliza Mary, 303. 

Eliza Wheeler, 1 19. 

Elizabeth, Bessie, Bet- 
sey, Betty, see also 
these forms. 



476 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Elizabeth, 2-6, 8, 9, 18, 
22, 26, 28, 34, 36, 39, 

42, 47-49, 51, 56, 59. 
60, 64-66, 69, 80, 87, 
95, loi, no, III, 113, 
133, 137. 163, 167, 
206, 209, 211, 220, 
224. 233, 250, 253, 
276, 3'9. 326, 332, 
34i> 353, 363, 372, 
406, 409, 428, 454, 
634, 641, 705, 724, 
742, 817, 823, 891, 
902, 970, 993, 1061. 

Elizabeth A. B., 554. 

Ehzabeth Carohiie, 723. 

EHzabeth Georgian a, 
1064. 

EHzabeth Gordon, 267. 

Elizabeth H., 408, 552. 

Elizabeth Howard, 495. 

Elizabeth Kellogg, 707. 

Elizabeth M a d e 1 I a, 
1 120. 

Elizabeth Mary, 60. 

Elizabeth Reeve, 721. 

Elizabeth Ruth, 133. 

Elizabeth S., 448, 835. 

Elizabeth Temple, 207. 

Elizabeth W., 134. 

Elizabeth Warriiier, 
617. 

Elizabeth Wight, 301. 

Elizabeth Wood, 247. 

Elizur, 161, 367. 

Ella, 754. 

Ella A., 773. 

Ella P., 858. 

Ella G., 513. 

Ella Gertrude, 354, 
65,. 

Ella Isabel, 1 120. 

Ella J., 865. 
Ella Jane, 300. 
Ella Lavinia, 685. 
Ella Louise, 655. 
Ella Parker, 797. 
Ellen, Nellie, Amelia, 
see also these forms, 



330, 370, 413, 555: 

570, 740, 843. 
Ellen A., 218. 
Ellen Antoinette, 218. 
Ellen Augusta, 497. 
Ellen Brown, 620. 
Ellen Cornelia, 352. 
Ellen E., 577. 
Ellen Elizabeth, 456. 
Ellen Gertrude, 592. 
Ellen J., 867. 
Ellen M., 467, 899. 
Ellen Maria, 924. 
Ellen Marinda, 688. 
Ellen Sophia, 420. 
Ellery R., 394, 764. 
Ellis L., 693. 
Elmer, 711, 794. 
Elmina, 332, 894. 
Elmira, 493, 684. 
Elmon E., 394. 
Elsie, 143, 644, 724, 

II 12. 
Elsie Jane, 906. 
Elvira, 1 19, 176, 900. 
Elvira Augusta, 312. 
Elvira R., 988. 
Emeline, 141, 180, 250, 

362. 
Emeline Antoinette, 250. 
Emeline B., 426. 
Emeline E., 172. 
Emeline Mary, 706. 
Emehne Persis, 310. 
Emeline Shumway, 205. 
Emily, 180, 188, 275, 

293, 394, 472, 474, 
476, 488, 501, 524, 
611, 842, 896. 

Emily A., 400, 836, 893. 

Emily Augusta, 693. 

Emily Charlotte, 185. 

Emily Cook, 413. 

Emily D., 496. 

Emily E., 176, 440. 

Emily Florence, 833. 

Emily I., 488. 

Emily J., 906. 

Emily Louisa, 521. 



Emily Maria, 504, 8g6. 
Emily Melissa, 571. 
Emily S., 394, 504. 
Emily W., 571. 
Emma, 330, 642, 797a, 

858, 920, 986, 996. 
Emma A., 504, 893. 
Emma Antoinette, 475. 
Emma Aurelia, 528. 
Emma Caroline, 773. 
Emma E., 894. 
Emma Elizabeth, 905. 
Emma Isabel, 315. 
Emma Jane, 580. 
Emma L., 379. 
Emma Linda, 684. 
Emma Louise, 312. 
Emma Lucina, 685. 
Emma M., 733. 
Emma R., 780. 
Emma Rebecca, 567. 
Enoch, 194. 
Enoch Sumner, 419. 
Enos S., 471, 860. 
Ephraim, 36, 50, 72, 90, 

91, 116, 159, 194, 

433, 811. 
Ephraim Augustus, 159, 

Ephraim Carlos, 266, 
589. 

Ephraim G., 589. 

Ephraim Marshall, 102 1. 

Erastus, 157, 204, 465. 

Ermina, 203. 

Ernest Everett, 1191. 

Ernest Lewis, 1007. 

Esther, 18, 23, 26, 30, 
36, 43, 49, 68, 72, 89, 
109, 145a, 160, 174, 
461, 554, 690. 
Esther A., 365, 366. 
Esther Abigail, 244. 
Esther B., 174. 
Esther Botsford, 740. 
Esther M., 733, 974. 
Ethel, 687, 1 140. 
Ethel Leona, 1206. 
Etta, 302. 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



477 



Etta Jane, 905. 

Etta L., 774. 

Eugene Anderson, 905. 

Eugene Augustus, 384. 

Eugene Larrett, 747, 

1145. 
Eugenia Malvina, 344. 
Eunice, 10, 26, 35, 42, 

58, 73. 93. loo. i^S. 
140, 147, 188, 211, 

3'7. 33^. 473. 7'°. 

892. 
Eunice Alexander, 410. 
Eunice Emeline, 688. 
Eunice Eanny Hooker, 

188. 
Eunice |., 524. 
Eunice LovtII, 475. 
Eunice M., 456. 
Eurotus Driggs, 171, 

385- 

Euseba, 796a. 

Eva Bell, 936. 

Eva Rosetta, 701. 

Evan B., 625, 1068. 

Evalina, Evelina, Eve- 
lyn, 496, 737, 894, 

954- 
Eveline B., 403. 
Everett B., 566, 994. 
Everett P., 360. 
Ezekicl, 23. 

Ezekiel Rice, 342, 705. 
Ezra, 86, 191, 195, 421, 

436- 
Ezra Dailey, 421. 
E^zra (ileason, 456, 844. 
Ezra L., 739. 

Eannie, Eanny, 87, 174, 
188, 209, 341, 374. 
450, 556, 605, 615, 
638, 759, 836. 

Fannie A., 744. 

Fannie E. H., 408. 

Fannie P., 990, 1045. 

Fannie S., 511. 

Fannie White, 720. 

Fanny A., 839. 



Fanny C, 965. 
Fanny E., 297, 734. 
Fanny Elizabeth, 775. 
Fanny Hailock, 552. 
Fanny Hawes, 605. 
Fanny May, 655. 
Fanny Robinson, 557. 
Fannv Smith, 1062. 
Fanny Staples, 1060. 
FarAvcll, 228, 501, 909. 
Farwell Wilder, 500. 
Fay Elwood, 655. 
Fayette S., 355. 
Fernandez, 238. 
Fidelia, 261, 383, 450. 
Fidelia M., 585. 
Flavel Granger, 291. 
Flora Alberta, 384. 
Flora E., 739. 
Flora H., 755. 
Flora J., 778. 
Flora Jane, 937. 
Florence, 619, 686, 858, 

986, 1 1 10. 
Florence A., 935. 
Florence Ada, 1 103. 
Florence Alida, 661. 
Florence Augusta, 357, 

651. 
Florence C, 635, 877. 
Florence Clark, 608. 
Florence M., 491, 930. 
Florence Isabel, 918, 

1075. 
Florence Mary, 687. 
Florentine Amelia, 526. 
Flotilla, 129. 
Flossie Luella, 847. 
Fordyce B., 346. 
Forest G. H., 729. 
Forest T., 796. 
Foster T., 418, 793. 
Frances (Fanny), 192, 

659. 
Frances, 659. 
Francis A., 910. 
Frances Amanda, 937. 
Frances Ann, 264. 
Frances E., 597. 



Frances E. M., 6390. 

Frances Emeline, 248. 

Frances Henrietta, 423. 

Frances I. A., 991. 

Frances Maria, 420. 

Francis, see also Frank, 
185, 255, 297, 402, 
418, 490, 496, 501, 
560, 791. 

Francis A., 498, 903. 

Francis Andrew, 937. 

Francis B., 428, 806. 

Francis C, 330. 

Francis Charles, 812. 

Francis ¥^., 483, 897, 

Francis Fraser, 642. 
F'rancis H., 546, 965. 
Francis J., 486, 880. 
Francis N., 1251. 
Francis Peabody, 199, 

445-. 
Francis W., 560. 
Francis Wheeler, 112, 

^55- 
Frank, see also F'rancis, 

274, 561, 570. 607, 

7^5- 
Frank A., 298, 706, 

1 103. 
Frank Albert, 894, 1207. 
Frank Alexander, 410. 
Frank Alpheus, 877. 
Frank Augustus, 349, 

722. 
Frank B,, 824, 986. 
Frank Bardwell, 478, 

870. 
F'rank Batchelcr, 555, 

986. 
Frank Baxter, 603. 
Frank C, 598. 
Frank Cotton, 638. 
Frank E., 458, 545, 848, 

1207. 
Frank Eurotus, 385. 
Frank F., 587. 
Frank H., 702, 947, 

1237- 



478 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Frank Irving, 742, 822, 

1132. 
Frank L., 851. 
Frank Neal, 688. 
Frank Nixon, 448, 835. 
Frank Norton, 658. 
Frank O., 796. 
Frank Selden, 937, 1230. 
Frank Wells, 721, 1 1 10. 
Frank Wesley, 691. 
Frank Weston, 315. 
Frank William, 577, 

1007. 
Franklin, 257, 347, 494, 

564, 892. 



in Crosby, 445. 
in Ealer, 745. 
in Edmund, 1204. 
in G., 679. 
in Gleason, 420, 

in L., 379. 

in M., 562, 988. 

in M., 336. 

in N., 901. 

in Warren, 313, 



Franklir 
Franklii 
Franklir 
Franklir 
Franklir 

797ft. 
Franklir 
Franklir 
Franklir 
Franklir 
Franklir 

661. 
Franklyn Hadley, 1145. 
Fred, 934. 
Fred D., 796a. 
Fred E., 585. 
Fred J., 315, 667. 
Fred Wheeler, 570. 
Freddie Lowe, 899. 
Frederick, 188, 524. 
Frederick C, 911. 
Frederick De Forest, 

53°- 
Frederick H. C, 840, 

1 185. 
Frederick Hoadley, 655, 

1080. 
Frederick J., 363. 
Frederick Jones, 240, 

533-. 
Frederick Julius, 740 
Frederick Matthew, 658. 
Frederick O., 316, 

670. 



Frederick Perley, 533, 

945- 
Frederick Roscoc, 444. 
Frederick Tatman, 476, 

867. 
Frederick William, 408, 

778. 
Freedom, 466. 
Freeman C, 391. 

Galen, 1 18, 273, 602. 

Gardner, 261, 572. 

Geneva, 631. 

Genevieve, 348. 

George, I, 3, 4, 82, 122, 
185, 193, 216, 258, 
261, 281, 282, 400, 
418, 425, 428, 466, 
484, 571, 616, 794, 
805, 892, 1204, 1207. 

George Albert, 315. 

George Allen, 172, 470. 

George Atherton, 484. 

George B., 441, 466, 
505, 626, 824, 858, 
1069. 

George Beecher, 743, 

1135- 
George Buck, 220. ■ 
George Capron, 747, 

1145. 
George Conant, 919. 
George Couch, 701,1090. 
George D., 858, 989. 
George Dan, 616. 
George Darling, 273. 
George Douglass, 511. 
George Dwight, 207, 

469. 
George E., 440, 543, 

734, 961. 
George Edward, 313. 
George Franklin, 564, 

571, 993. i°oi- 
George H., 400, 774, 

863, 1 1 50. 
George Haven, 536, 951. 
George Henry, 404, 473, 

773, 774- 



George Herbert, 315, 

666. 
George Hudson, 400, 

401. 
George May, 282, 621. 
George N., 909. 
George Nixon, 765. 
George Oliver, 310, 657. 
George Parker, 437, 819. 
George Penett, 155, 358. 
George Porter, 503. 
George Rennell, 1204. 
George Rollin, 931, 

1224. 
George Royal, 517. 
George Sayer, 348, 713. 
George Slater, 488. 
George Spring, 616, 

1060. 
George Stanley, 364, 732. 
George Switt, 603. 
George W., 233, 358, 

729. 733- 
George Washington, 

142, 233, 372, 420, 

498, 742, 900. 
George Wm., 659. 
Georgiana, 41 1. 
Georgiana Cook, 1046. 
Georgiana W., 254. 
Georgietta Parker, 774. 
Gertrude, 726, 730. 
Gertrude Best, 592. 
Gilbert Birdsell, 636. 
Gilbert Rice, 336. 
Ginger, 83. 
Gladys Una, 869. 
Glee, 1227. 
Glenn, 1227. 
Glenn Frank, 758. 
Gordon Phelps, 1082. 
Grace, 56, 954. 
Grace Allen, 772. 
Grace E., 907, 909. 
Grace Elise, 1082. 
Grace Hall, 907 
Grace Hamilton, 877. 
Grace Lewis, 1062. 
Grace Maria, 720. 



INDEX TO MXRRIAMS 



479 



Grace S., g8g 
Grace W., 664. 
Granville R., 444. 
Greenlief Augustus, 943, 

1232. 
Grosvenor, 258. 
Guevera Belali, 758. 
Gustavus, 175, 265, 585. 
Gustavus French, 309, 

654. 

Halscy R., 365, 733. 
Flamilton, 346. 
Hanna, Hannah, 2, 3, 4, 
8, 10, 14, 22, 27, 28, 

29. 30. 3'. 33. 3^' 4'. 
42, 48, 49, 62, 63, 66, 
67, 70, 81, 92, 96, 100, 
104, 108, 118, 120, 
12'. '34. '45". '46, 
147. '52. '94. '98. 
210, 220, 229, 240, 

257. 300. 3'7. 324. 

332. 340. 347. 422, 

43'. 433. 522, 533. 

566, 568, 640, 796A, 

900. 
Hannah Abigail, 147. 
Ilannaii M., 445. 
Hannah IJerry, 657. 
Hannah Brooks, 115. 
Hannah Celestia, 568. 
Hannah Downs, 175. 
Hannah E., 360, 573. 
Hannah F., 494. 
Hannah Fcnn, 156. 
Hannah 11., 943. 
Hannah ]., 945. 
Hannah Little, 616. 
Hannah Maria, 248. 
Hannah Matilda, 569. 
Hannah I'., no, 245. 
Hannah Williams, 447. 
Harold Alvoril, 1062. 
Harold Asaph, 1 103. 
HaroUl Davis, 1212. 
Harold Frederick Co- 

nant, 1007, 1 255. 
Harold Grey, 1206. 



Harold ^Tather, 644. 

Harold Wesley, 1240. 

Harrie, 91 1. 

Harriet, 94, 141, 143, 
146, 203, 229, 280, 
358, 418, 433, 441, 

547. 64', 7". "'4- 
Harriet Allen, 547. 
Harriet Amanda, 344. 
Harriet B., 423, 560. 
Harriet Bennett, 805. 
Harriet Bethia, 363. 
Harriet Cornelia, 309. 
Harriet E., 154, 369, 

558, 706, 733. 
Harriet Eliza, 530. 
Harriet F^lizabeth, 342. 
Harriet Ellen, 989. 
Harriet Louisa, 528. 
Harriet Louise, 707. 
Harriet M., 563, 692. 
Harriet Maria, 416. 
Harriet Marie, 749. 
Harriet N., 316, 733. 
Harriet Newell, 28 1, 61 7. 
Harriet Newton, 704. 
Harriet Orzelia, 261. 
Harriet P., 797. 
Harriet Pamela, 207. 
Harriet S., 505, 744. 
Harriet Schenck, 214. 
Harriet Sophia, 746. 
Harriet Thankful, 364. 
Harriet Vanderlip, 517. 
Harriet Vera, 940. 
Harriet Wheeler, 567. 
Harriettc, 448. 
Harriette Electa, 619. 
Harriette Kettell, 622. 
Harrison (>. R., 401, 

767. 
Harrison Gray Otis, 252, 

557- 
Harry, 162, 700, 1213. 
Harry A., 670. 
Harry Baker, 549, 969. 
Harry Wright, 847, 

1192. 
Harrwell, 261. 



Harvey, 152, 164, 347, 

516, 724. 
Harvey Doane, 643. 
Hattie, 317, 635, 726. 
Hattie A., 548, 733. 
Hattie E., 948. 
Hattie Josephine, 820. 
Hattie L., 394, 791. 
Hattie Louise, 793. 
Hattie Maria, 797. 
Hattie Newell, 853. 
Hattie Rawson, 422. 
Hattie Ward, 892. 
Helen, 349, 550, 604, 

711, 805, 1061. 
Helen Almar, 348. 
Helen Amanda, 350. 
Helen B., 999. 
Helen Bradford, 604. 
Helen D., 992. 
Helen Estelle, 312. 
Helen Esther, 1142. 
Helen Florence, 589. 
Helen G., 865. 
Helen (.ale, 344. 
Helen Gertrude, 918. 
Helen L, 918. 
Helen Louise, 550, 723. 
Helen Lydia, 609. 
Helen M., 347, 379, 525, 

632, 957. 
Helen Maria, 937. 
Helen Mary, 309. 
Helen Pease, 114O. 
Helen Rebecca, 1090. 
Helen SafFord, 1 062. 
Helen Sophia, 251, 746. 
Helen Susie Franklin, 

475- 

Helen Whyte, 024. 
Helen Wirt, 589. 
Helena Hulbcrt, 1109. 
Heman Clark, 332, 684. 
Henrietta, 420, 535, 64I. 
Henrietta C, 391. 
Henrietta Kerfoot, 707. 
Henrietta Oakley, 636. 
Henrietta Spring, 620. 
Henriella Weeks, 620. 



480 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Henry, 152, 346, 349, 

922,934, 1220. 
Henry A., 440. 
Henry Albert, 927. 
Henry Augustus, 533, 

943- 
Henry Burnham, 853. 
Henry Carroll, 6S5. 
Henry Clay, 265, 391, 

464, 587, 852, 853, 

1198. 
Henry Collins, 700. 
Henry De Witt, 735. 
Henry Douglas, 222, 

337. 695-. 
Henry Edwin, 542, 959. 
Henry Estes, 720, 1109. 
Henry Everett, 567. 
Henry F., 992. 
Henry Greenlief, 945, 

1234- 
Henry Guernsey, 349, 

720. 
Henry Harrison, 547, 

966. 
Henry Hollister, 350, 

724. 
Henry Homer, 620, 1064. 
Henry Hooper, 943. 
Henry Howard, 511. 
Henry I., 355. 
Henry J., 524. 
Henry Lowell Butter- 
field, 843. 
Henry Lyman, 333, 690. 
Henry Macpherson, 

852, 1 197. 
Henry Martyn, 616. 
Henry Mead, 899. 
Henry Parker, 31 5. 
Henry Rice, 688. ' 
Henry Scott, 654. 
Henry Trowbridge, 840, 

1186. 
Henry W., 584, 1014. 
Henry W. B., 538. 
Henry Warren, 839. 
Henry Wilson, 563, 990. 
Henry Zadoc, 822, 11 76. 



Hepsibah, 38, 50. 
Herbert, 274, 605. 
Herbert Alvah, 688. 
Herbert Floyd, mo. 
Herbert Loring, 797. 
Herbert Moore, 907, 

1215. 
Herbert Stockwell, 848. 
Herbert Walter, 688. 
Herman D., 710. 
Herminie, 653. 
Hermon, 663. 
Herscbell Park, 238, 528. 
Hester, 43. 
Hettie A., 731. 
Hezekiah, 14, 40, 41, 98, 

99, 223. 
Hilda, 1018. 
Hiram, 117, 141, 271. 
Hiram Reed, 242. 
Hitty, 241. 
Homer, 281, 620. 
Homer Talma, 332, 

687. 
Honor, 63. 
Horace, 143, 146, 174, 

238,315, 53°, 71 •• 
Horace A., 392. 
Horace Arnold, 315, 

665. 
Horace B., 431. 
Horace Brougliton, 448. 
Horace R., 330, 682. 
Horace William, 526, 

936. 
Horatio, 238, 529. 
Horatio Bardwell, 213. 
Horatio Cook, 252, 554, 

984. 
Horatio Shakespeare, 

238, 529. 
Hortense, 760. 
Hortense Emma, 760. 
Horton Cooke, 785. 
Howard, 472. 
Howard A., 735. 
Howard Theodore, 551, 

971. 
Hubbard, 162, 369. 



Hugh Nelson, 843. 
Huldah, 75, 118, 139, 
144, 145a, 258, 286, 

439- 
Huldah Hubbard, 526. 
Humphrey A., 731. 
Hyla, 159. 

Ichabod, 10, 24, 57, 124, 
626. 

Ida, 739, 936- 

Ida Angelia, 420. 

Ida E., 484. 

Ida Eliza, 895. 

Ida Isadore, 951. 

Ida J., 710. 

Ida Maria, 773, 905. 

Ina Genevieve, 857. 

Ina M., 920. 

Ira, 73, 117, 202, 270, 
271, 455, 459, 842, 
934- 

Ira Nelson, 459. 

Irani Zera, 366, 736. 

Irene, 440, 557. 

Irene Elizabeth, 1103. 

Irene Lucile, 1017. 

Isaac, 15,31,44, 58,74, 
104, 106, 126, 145, 
166, 194, 234, 235, 
236, 237, 277, 449, 
515, 519, 525*, 526. 

Isaac Baker, 155. 

Isaac Benjamin, 739. 

Isaac Brown, 350, 724. 

Isaac F., 433, 812. 

Isaac Poster, 233, 510. 

Isaac H., 354, 369. 

Isaac Lewis, 258, 570. 

Isaac Newton, 438. 

Isaac Reeve, 349. 

Isaac Stone, 212, 475. ' 

Isabel, 1 1 12. 

Isabella, 348, 724, 786. 

Isabella L., 368. 

Jacob, 194, 431, 433, 

8.3. 
Jacob A., 441, 823, 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



481 



Jacob Brown, 117, 268. 

Jacob Harris, 226, 497. 

Jacob Winthrop, 813, 
1171. 

Jackson, Gilkey, 969. 

James, 35, 37, 66, 74, 
83, 88, 90, 93, 129, 
134. 145. '65, 168, 
188, 210, 211, 300, 
301. 303. 410, 640, 
687. 

James Arthur, 868. 

James H., 904. 

James Bell, 448, 746. 

James Ebenezer, 300. 

James Edmund, 363. 

James Elliot, 370, 740. 

James Clarence, 477, 
868. 

James Couch, 701. 

James Eiske, 616, 1061. 

James Foster, 510. 

James Franklin, 142, 
313. Appendix. 

James Hamilton, 211. 

James Harold, 1 134. 

James Hervey, 222, 491. 

James Horace, 315, 742, 

U34- 
James Johnson, 66, 

1450. 
James Lovell,2i3, 477. 
James Manville, 636. 
James Nelson, 300. 
James Nixon, 199, 447. 
James O., 813. 
James Patrick, 1450, 

328. 
James Reeve, 349. 
James Robert, 885. 
James Sheldon, 309, 65^. 
James Smith, 293, 633. 
James W., 478, 565, 871. 
James Warren, 474. 
James Whyte, 515, 924. 
Jane, 143, 163, 187, 198, 

5'S. 523. 537. 620, 
631, 641, 658, 689, 

721. 743- 



Jane A., 419, 841. 
Jane Ann, 199. 
Jane Augusta, 457. 
Jane Eliza, 309. 
|ane Ellen, 370. 
Jane Hubbard, 702. 
Jane Isabel, 155. 
Jane Mary, 723. 
Jane R., 425. 
Jane S., 143, 710. 
Jane Sophia, 545. 
Janette Clark, 780. 
Janette Flora, 836. 
Jared, 122. 
Jason, 121. 
Jean Wells, 11 10. 
Jeanne Evelyn, 957. 
Jemima, 45. 
Jennie, 857, 885. 
Jennie Anita, 445. 
Jennie B., 587. 
Jennie Bennett, 667. 
Jennie Ella, 891. 
Jennie Estelle, 839. 
Jennie F., 796. 
Jennie H., 394. 
Jennie L., 358, 668. . 
Jennie Little, 1 92. 
Jennie M., 682. 
Jennie S., 749. 
Jenny A., 965. 
Jerusha, 10, 22, 23, 45, 

49, 55, 84, 162, 452. 
Jerusha N., 452. 
Jesse, 29, 66, 89, 145, 

145a, 194, 201, 217, 

326, 45'- 
Jesse Burton, 629. 
Jesse Glcason, 191, 422. 
Jesse Irving, 460, 847. 
Jesse Isaac, 525A. 
Jesse Wheeler, 1 17, 270. 
Jessie, 605. 
)essie F., 637. 
Joane, i. 
Joanna, 41, 514. 
Joanna Annetta, 261. 
loanna Lewis, 485. 
Joel, 63, 68, 69, 89, 90, 



138, 147, 148, 150. 

15'. 153. 204, 225, 

333. 494, 689, 894. 
Joel B., 333. 
Joel Bain, 163. 
Joel Hervey, 894, 1206. 
Joel Wilkins, 204, 466. 
John, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, II, 

13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 

29. 30, 33, 35, 37. 45. 
46, 49, 56, 60, 65, 66, 
70,81,83,87,92,104, 
107, 108, no, 112, 
115, 130, 142, 143, 
144. 145", 155, 174. 

175, 185, 194, 210, 

227, 236, 240, 242, 
251, 253, 266, 286, 
.300, 317, 319, 329, 
346, 392, 499, 524, 
533, 536, 555. 592. 
708, 910, 934, 944. 

John A., 859, 919. 

John Adams, 460. 

John Anderson, 685. 

John Arnold, 166. 

John Augustus, 242, 
536. 

John Campbell, 588, 
1017. 

John Chase, 142. 

John Clark, 119, 27?, 
608. 

John Cook, 189. 

John Conant, 510, 919. 

John Daniel Webster, 
264. 

John Denton, 124, 288, 
630.^ 

John E., 452. 

John Eldridge, 535, 947. 

John F., 502, 912. 

John Fiske, 616. 

John Flavel, 501, 910. 

John Franklin, 457. 

John G., 246, 969. 

John G. R., 401. 

John Goddard,543,g6o. 

John Goodsell, 155, 356. 



482 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



John H., no, 245, 246, 

543- 
John Hancock, 1243, 

1280. 
John Henderson, 170. 
John Henry, 252, 295, 

555. 636. 
John Holmes, 312, 660. 
John Howard, 592. 
John Hudson, 222, 490. 
John J., 563, 992. 
John K., 524. 
John L., 471, 863. 
John Lafayette, 537, 

952. 
John Lowe, 899. 
John Lynn, 700. 
John McKinstry, 276, 

611. Appendix. 
John Milton, 436, 816. 
John Newton, 263, 580. 
John Nicholson, 261. 
John O., 409. 
John P., 188, 409, 431. 
John Parkhurst, 180. 
John Percy, 408, 780. 
John Quincy, 248, 549. 
John Smith, 60, 130, 

295. 636. 
John Stephens, 452. 
John Walter, 301, 644. 
John Warren, 542, 958. 
John Wells, 554. 
John Wentworth, 569. 
John Wesley, 744. 
John Wilder, 905, 952, 

1213, 1244. 
John William, 538, 953. 
John Woodruff, 374, 

744- 

Johnson, 144, 319. 

Jonas, 13,35,85,86,87, 
loi, 102, 107, 120, 
191, 192, 194, 227, 
234, 241, 277, 428, 
498. 516, 534. 805, 
906. 

Jonas Arthur, 805, 1 165. 

Jonas Davis, 106, 238. 



Jonathan, 14, 36, 38, 
40,41,85,92,95, 100, 
106, 191, 209, 216, 
226, 235, 519, 520. 

Jonathan Danforth, 96, 
2ig. 

Joseph, I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7,9,10,11,12,14, 19, 

23. 27. 3'. 32, 39. 40, 
48, 50, 51,61,62, 73, 
98, no. III, 113, 
115, 118, 119, 133, 
1450, 162, 222, 245, 
250, 257, 262, 264, 
265, 272, 275, 327, 
539.542,562,586,609. 

Joseph Albert, 272, 600. 

Joseph Augustus, 248, 

542, 548- 
Joseph B., 369, 564, 

739, 793; 
Joseph Bid well, 250, 

550. 551. 974- 
Joseph Burr, 372, 743. 
Joseph C, 298, 637. 
Joseph Chapman, 611. 
Joseph Clement, 133, 

298. 
Joseph Dudley, 495, 

897. 
Joseph Edward, 301, 

644. 
Joseph Edwin, 261, 573. 
Joseph F., 487. 
Joseph Francis, 266, 

594- 
Joseph Franklin, 262, 

264, 577, 746. 
Joseph Gilbert, 739. 
Joseph Gowen, 2 1 6. 
Joseph H., 119, 483, 

491, 885. 
Joseph Henry, 275,597. 
Joseph Lawrence, 592. 
Joseph Milton, 272. 
Joseph Parker, 375, 746, 

1 1 40. 
Joseph Rand, 244, 539. 
Joseph Scovill, 74, 164. 



Joseph Snow, 438, 820. 
Joseph Sumner, 822. 
Joseph Wait (Waite), 

234. 514. 515, 5'8. 

925. 
Joseph Winthrop, 550. 
Joseph Wheeler. 
Josephine, 348, 475, 

519. 793- 
Josephine D., 760. 
Josephine Elizabeth, 

475-. 
Josephine Emma, 381. 
Josephine Hawes, 605. 
Josephine M., 970, 999. 
Josephus, 63, 109, 137, 

244. 
Josephus Rand, 539. 
Joshua, 13, 37, 39, 92, 

106, 237, 526, 935. 
Joshua Lincoln, 94, 203, 

214. 
Josiah, 19, 51, 55, 117, 

195. 437- 
Josiah Colburn, 267, 

595- 
Josiah Henry, 269, 597. 
Jotham, 36, 90, 205, 

211. 
Jotham Addison, 204, 

467. 
Jotham Allen, 205. 
Joyce Lee, 1022. 
Judson, 663. 
Judson H., 630. 
Julia, 136, 153, 161,362, 

372, 452, 642, 702. 
Julia A., 707, 760. 
Julia Adelaide, 517. 
Julia Ann, 180, 213, 229, 

293, 391. 450. 684, 

688. 
Julia Brown, 156, 525(7. 
Julia C, 360. 
Julia Charity, 510. 
Julia Curtis, 698. 
Julia E., 314, 368, 370, 

735- 
Julia Eliza, 410, 707. 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



483 



Julia Elizabeth, 354. 
Julia Emma, 476. 
Julia Estelle, 570. 
Julia Leonora, 919. 
Julia S., 168, 744. 
Juliann, 261. 
Juliette, 340. 
Julius, 124. 
Junia William, 1 156. 
Junius Lathrop, 551. 
Justin, 663. 
Justus, 319. 

Karl Wesley, 1227. 
Kate Heloise, 357. 
Kate R., 505. 
Katherine, 132, 445, 

loio, 1064. 
Katherine Maude, 852. 
Katherine Pierce, 579. 
Kenmore, 642. 
Kcziah, 42, 56, 172. 
Kittic May, 385. 

Laban Lewis, 554. 
Lansford, 450, 837. 
Laura, 139, 154, 215, 

258, 280, 408, 446, 

550, 895. 
Laura Ann, 369. 
Laura Ann Hooker, 

385- 
Laura Bardwell, 619. 
Laura C, 288. 
Laura E., 440, 938. 
Laura Jane, 707. 
Laura L., 893. 
Laura S., 541. 
Laura W., 408. 
Lauren, I48, 334, 340, 

692. 
Lauren Aniasa, 332. 
Lauren B., 702. 
Laureston Alplionso, 

528, 938. 
Lavmia, 359, 369. 
Lawrence Campbell, 

1017. 
Laurence I'icrcc Brooke, 

lOIO. 



Lawrence Todd, 340, 

702. 
Lawson Le Roy, 444. 
Leander Otis, 817, 1 174. 
Leander Stockwell, 458. 
Leila America, 745. 
Leman Clark, 684. 
Lenna Josephine, 857. 
Lent Benham, 291. 
Leo Austin, 470. 
Leon Artemas, 1207. 
Leonard Brooks, 203, 

464, 851. 
Leonard Prank, 851. 
Leonora, 708. 
Leroy, 317. 
Leslie Elmore, 667. 
Leslie Joseph, 1 135. 
Leslie Trufant, 643. 
Lester, 1140. 
Lettie Alice, 999. 
Levi, 38, 69, 96, 140, 

151. 218, 341, 345, 

351, 485, 703- 
Levi Benjamin, 218, 

485. 
Levi Foster, 419, 796. 
Levi Parsons, 262, 579. 
Levi Thatcher, 316, 668. 
Lewis, 1 88, 203, 281, 

413. 464. 853, 984. 
Lewis Brooks, 464. 
Lewis Clayton, 793. 
Lewis J., 853. 
Lewis Porter, 585. 
Lewis Walker, 745. 
Lewis Webster, 413. 
Lilla Nancy, 476. 
Lilla Pierce, 1007. 
Lillie N., 796. 
Lillian, 928, 936, 986. 
Lillian Isabella, 466. 
Linna Maria, 688. 
Lizzie, 754, 901. 
Lizzie Dora, 540. 
Lizzie Maria, 899. 
Lizzie Scranton, 696. 
Lloyd Weldon, 643. 
Lois, 28, 64, 70, 316. 



Lois Belle, 758. 
Lois Llewellyn, 264. 
Lola May, 1077. 
Lorania, 496. 
Lorena Angeline, 496. 
Lorenzo, 150, 220. 
Lorinda, 381, 500, 796. 
Loring, 188, 408. 
Lot, 83, 186, 187, 403. 
Louis 1., 780. 
Louisa, 140, 150, 231, 

332, 521, 684. 
Louisa Adeline, 899. 
Louisa Ann, 470. 
Louisa How, 109. 
Louisa J., 687. 
Louisa Jane, 515. 
Louisa Kimball, 549. 
Louisa M., 238. 
Louisa Phebe, 526. 
Louise, 537, 656. 
Louise Angele, 653. 
Louise Josephine, 953. 
Louise Maud, 668. 
Louise Rich, 344. 
Lovina, 320. 
Lovisa, 324, 471. 
Lubelle E., 1 125. 
Lucena, 228. 
Lucia Dexter, 385. 
Lucia Emma, 332, 688. 
Lucia Preston, 385. 
Lucian A., 897. 
l.ucie M., 565. 
Lucien Amasa, 337, 696. 
Lucina, 332, 335, 452. 
Lucina King, 840. 
Lucinda, 155, 227, 456, 

471, 626. 
Lucinda Ann, 155. 
Lucinda E., 203. 
Lucinda Cordelia, 359. 
Lucinda D., 238, 402. 
Lucinda E., 203. 
Lucinda Elizabeth, 528. 
Lucinda G., 516. 
Lucinda M., 491. 
Lucinda Smith, 525^. 
Lucius, 126, 127. 



484 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Lucius Andress, 288, 
631. 

Lucius B., 496. 

Lucius E., 796. 

Lucius P., 544, 963. 

Lucius Wright, 344. 

Lucretia, 161. 

Lucretia Eliot, 535. 

Lucretia Elvira, 418. 

Lucretia Hudson, 185. 

Lucretia M., 911. 

Lucretia Putnam, 213. 

Lucy, 38, 41,48, 50, 73, 
90, 104, no, n8, 120, 
126, 127, i45«, 146, 
147, 151, 154, 159, 
188, 193, 203, 212, 
214, 236, 247, 258, 
266, 276, 455, 487, 

523. 791- 
Lucy Abby, 568. 
Lucy Almira, 468. 
Lucy Alvord, 619. 
Lucy Ann, 119, 204,213, 

423, 426. 
Lucy Anna, 204. 
Lucy Bardwell, 619. 
Lucy Bryan, 372. 
Lucy C, 527. 
Lucy Corinne, 855. 
Lucy Elizabeth, 244, 

452. 
Lucy Eveline, 535. 
Lucy Evelyn, 905. 
Lucy H., 487. 
Lucy Hatstat, 464. 
Lucy Jane, 852. 
Lucy Lavinia, 163. 
Lucy Maria, 525^. 
Lucy Louise, 401. 
Lucy M., 355. 
Lucy Marriott, 364. 
Lucy Philena, 458. 
Lucy Rebecca, 563, 589. 
Lucy W., 408, 566. 
Lucy Wheeler, 119, 566. 
Lucy Wilder, 188. 
Luella, 711. 
Luke, 215. 



Luke A., 841. 

Luke Albert, 481, 875. 

Lura Ann, 524. 

Lura S., 525. 

Lusina, 148. 

Luther, 95, 121, 174, 

202, 217, 391, 457. 
Luther Hale, 526, 934. 
Luther S., 217. 
Luthera Ann, 526. 
Lydia, 6, 13, 15, 22, 37, 

42, 46, 51, 81, 87, 92, 

94. 103. 107. "3. "5. 
117, 143, 150, 188, 
194, 199, 200, 280, 
298, 309. 320, 351, 
479, 690. 



Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 

745 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 
Lyd 



a A., 608. 

a Almira, 351. 

a Ann, 342, 



4'4. 



a Bonham, 698. 

a C, 271, 347. 

a Conant, 235. 

a Grace, 596. 

a H., 598. 

a M., 129. 

a M. E., 728. 

a S., 1 100. 

a Sophia, 262. 

a Vose, 269. 
Lyman Lyon, 1075, 1265. 
Lyman M., 585. 
Lyman Wheeler, 497, 

899. 
Lysander, 204, 468. 

M. Ella, 368. 
M. Elizabeth, 950. 
Mabel, 711, 926. 
Margera E., 1 1 25. 
Maggie, 598. 
Maggie Bell, 385. 
Mahala, 957. 
Malcolm Deton, 686. 
Mamie Eugenie, 852. 
Mamre Marie, 629. 
Marcellus, 520. 
Marcia Ann, 418. 



Marcia N., 664. 
Marcia T., 664. 
Margaret, 155, 122, 147, 

189, 221, 686, 1112. 
Margaret Ann, 301. 
Margaret Elizabeth, 942. 
Margaret Frances, 592. 
Margaret Campbell, 588. 
Margaret Isabella, 723. 
Margaret Ives, 189. 
Margaret Young, 354. 
Margery, 327. 
Marguerite, 974. 
Maria, 116, 165, 257, 

265, 416, 420, 441, 

451,615, 796^., 897. 
Maria A., 549, 775. 
Maria Antoinette, 536, 

732- 
Maria Fitch, 170. 
Maria Hill, 567. 
Maria L., 8l2. 
Maria Louisa, 510, 822. 
Maria Rosina, 375. 
Marian, 418, 640, 724, 

856. 
Marie Louise, 470. 
Marie Y., 970. 
Marietta, 657. 
Marietta A. E., 496. 
Marion, 736, 927. 
Mark Ball, 957. 
Marshall, 31, 76, 115, 

116, 265, 266, 590. 
Marshall Gage, 590. 
Marshall Gates, 691. 
Marshall S., 171, 364, 

384. 

Martha, 37, 60, 64, 80, 

103, 112, 129, 180, 

253. 255, 314, 436, 

493. 498. 533. 685, 
811, 859, 906. 

Martha A., 366, 422, 

794- 
Martha Ann, 438, 474, 

543. 579- 
Martha Annette, 926. 
Martha B., 374. 



INDEX TO MERRIAilS 



485 



Martha C, 525a. 
Martha D., 267. 
Martha E., 134, 303. 
Martha Edda, 517. 
Martha Eliza, 352. 
Martha Ellen, 314. 
Martha G., 330. 
Martha J., 493. 
Martha Jane, 199, 565, 

580. 
Manha Judson, 999. 
Martha Prescott, 267. 
Martha S., 565, 751, 

904. 
Martha Tupper, 511. 
Martin Sheldon, 655. 
Mary, Molly, Polly, see 

also Polly, 3, 4, 6, 7, 

8, 9. 13. '4. «5. '7. 
19. 22, 29, 30, 32, 33, 

34, 36, 37. 39, 42, 43, 
45,46, 48, 50, 51,66, 
68, 71, 72, 76, 80, 81, 
82, 83, 88, 89, 93, 94, 
loi, 103, 107, 113, 
116, 117, 118, 120, 
121, 130, 132, 136, 
144, 145a, 152, 153, 
157, 160, 175, 180, 
194, 196, 197, 216, 
217, 228, 229, 240, 
242, 252, 253, 254, 
353, 265, 266, 313, 
360, 363, 370, 419, 
433. 44'. 444. 450. 
494, S'9. 523. 554. 
555, 561, 581, 608, 
679, 708, 796, 841, 
877, 910, 962. 

Mary A., 357, 441,602, 
668. 

Mary A. G., 229. 

Mary Abhy, 896. 

Mary Adelaide, 685. 

Mary Adelia, 747. 

Mary Adeline, 242, 936. 

Mary Albina, 442. 

Mary Alice, 841. 

Mary Amelia, 315. 



Mary Ann, 143, 218, 
229, 244, 248, 277, 

3ii, 340, 350, 372. 

400, 431, 464, 468, 

564, 572, 577. 618, 

620. 
Mary Angelia, 450. 
Mary Anna, 792, 905. 
Mary Annabelle, 822. 
Mary Atwood, 813. 
Mary Augusta, 354. 
Mar>- B., 218. 
Mary Bancroft, 186. 
Mary Bates, 554. 
Mary C, 175. 
Mary Caroline, 134, 251. 
Mary Cecilia, 1064. 
Mary Cutler, 281. 
Mary D., 562. Appendix. 
Mary Delia, 400. 
Mar)' Doane (724* ?) 
Mary Dolores, 639^. 
Mary E., 255, 297, 342, 

445, 470, 502, 580, 

654, 73', 805, 865. 
Mary Eliza, 334, 521, 

6go. 
Mary Elizabeth, 433, 

470. 497. 538, 684, 

1064. 
Mary Ella, 490, 895. 
Mary Ellen, 272, 359, 

367, 410, 566, 934. 
Mary Eva, 732. 
Mary Evans, 721. 
Mary F., 690, 824, 912. 
Mary Fanny, 1062. 
Mary Fidelia, 573. 
Mary Florence, 747. 
Mary Frances, 645. 
Mary Francis, 445. 
Mary F"rench, 261. 
Mary G., 483, 543. 
Mary Gertrude, 695. 
Mary H., 216, 835, 961. 
Mary Helen, 525*. 
Mary Henrietta, 644. 
Mary I., 525. 
Mary Ida, 300. 



Mary Isabella, 823. 
Mary J., 735, 805, 907, 

950. 
Mary Jacobs, 207. 
Mary James, 709. 
Mary Jane, 1 33, 295, 

526, 536, 572, 698, 

748. 
Mary Josephine, 472. 
Mary Judson, 922. 
Mary Kimball, 765. 
Mary L., 126, 383, 633, 

739, 873, 966. 
Mary Louisa, 261, 419, 

636. 
Mary Louise, 957. 
Mary Louise Sophia, 

473- 
Mary Lovering, 607. 
Mary Lucretia, 456. 
Mary M., 296, 551. 
Mary Macomber, 922. 
Mary Maria, 264, 650. 
Mary P., 526, 897, 948, 

967. 
Mary Parentha, 170. 
Mary Parker, 315. 
Mary Parthenia, 170. 
Mary Rebecca, 517. 
Mary Rosina, 748. 
Mary S., 365, 449, 585. 
Mary Sawyer, 904. 
Mary Sophia, 420. 
Mary 'F., 921. 
Mary Terry, 740. 
Mary 1 urner, 400. 
Mary Valeria, 155. 
Mary W., 493, 765, 806. 
Mary Wentworth, 569. 
Mason M., 211, 472. 
Mason S., 864. 
Matilda, 14I, 304, 590. 
Matilda Adelaide, 590. 
Mattie D., 938. 
Matthew, 28, 65, 141, 

3"- 

Matthew Dutton, 1 72. 
Matthew Henry, 31 1, 
658. 



486 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Matthew Thatcher, 65, 

143- 
Matthias M., 589. 
Maude, 713, 736. 
Maude B., 600. 
Maude Sedgwick, 749. 
Maybelle Frances, 991. 
Mehitabel, 31, 50, 84, 

241. 
Mehitabel B., 310. 
Mehssa, 291, 436, 466, 

471, 624. 
Melissa Aroline, 315. 
Melissa Loretta, 696. 
Melissa R., 632. 
Melvina Acelia, 359. 
Mercy, 37, 93, 210. 
Merrick, 96. 
Mertie Blanche, 865. 
Miles, 314. 
Mildred Elsie, 591. 
Mildred J., 786. 
V Mildred Matilda, 645. 
^ Millie, I45rt. 
Milo J., 562. 
Milton, 226. 
Milton Harrison, 444. 
Mindwell, 73. 
Minerva, 237, 288, 342, 

365, 880. 
Minnehaha, 658. 
Minnie, 312, 642, 869. 
Minnie Caroline, 919. 
Minnie M., 587. 
Minnie Myrtle, 385^ 
Minnie Rosina, 749. 
Minot Asa, see Asa 

Minot. 
Miriam, 98, 112, 534. 
Miriam Hooper, 856. 
Mirinda, 586. 
Morrison Ellsworth, 551, 

973- 
Moses, 153, 258, 354, 

436, 568. 
Munson, 24, 57, 58, 125, 

126, 291. 
Murray, 639. 
Mylon, 235, 522. 



Mylon Conant, 522. 
Myra, 366. 
Myra L., 914. 
Myra Josephine, 907. 
Myrta Eugenie, 854. 
Myrtle, 630. 

Nabby, 194, 195, 227. 

Nancy, 66, 93, 133, 154, 
167, 174, 215, 227, 
266, 277, 320, 367, 
459, 508, 536, 562, 
687, 700, 838, lOOI. 

Nancy Ann, 496. 

Nancy Augusta, 213. 

Nancy D., 484. 

Nancy E., 705. 

Nancy Temperance, 
700. 

Nancy Maria, 363. 

Nancy Matilda, 383. 

Nancy Tyler, 213. 

Nannie Frances, 989. 

Naomi, 824. 

Napoleon J., 686. 

Nathalie, 591. 

Nathan, 19, 42, 50, 82, 
98, 100, loi, 114, 115, 
221, 225, 226, 261, 
266, 347, 495, 591, 
711. 

Nathan Albert, 261, 535, 
948. 

Nathaniel, 7, II, 15, 17, 
20, 28, 29, 43, 46, 50, 
52, 64, 65, 80, 104, 
120, 140, 141, 229. 

Nathaniel Henry, 658, 
1081. 

Nathaniel Perley, 533, 
946. 

Nathaniel White, 311. 

Nehemiah Flint, 269, 
596. 

Nellie, 488, 570, 650, 
687, 796A, 848, 895, 
999. 

Nellie Adeline, 385. 

Nellie G., 791. 



Nellie Gracia, 572. 
Nellie Josephine, 991. 
Nellie M., 518, 663. 
Nellie Maria, 775. 
Nellie Priest, 905. 
Nellie, see also Ellen. 
Nelson, 340, 455, 701, 

843- 
Nelson Cowles, 701, 

1091. 
Nettie, 934. 
Nettie A., 743. 
Nettie Gazelle, 793. 
Nettie Lyon, 868. 
Nettie M., 11 12. 
Newell, 501, 912. 
Newell A., 498, 902. 
Nina Helen, 654. 
Noah, 148,1152, 198,341, 

346, 350. 724. 1 1 12. 
Noah Kimball, 248, 547. 
Nora, 626. 
Norman, 203, 462. 
Norman Eugene, 462. 
Norman, James, 464, 

854. 
Norman S., 490. 

Octavia, 959. 

Olive, 52, 165, 303, 600, 

1022. 
Olive Elizabeth, 896. 
Olive L., 991. 
Olive May, 1241. 
Olive Swift, 444. 
Oliver, 18, 51, 70, 117, 

141, 157, 267, 268, 

310. 
Oliver F., 551, 975. 
Oliver L., 991. 
Oliver M., 499, 907. 
Ophelia, 825. 
Ophelia E., 466. 
Orin, 346. 
Orline E., 525. 
Orra, 450. 
Orra Annette, 838. 
Orrin, 451, 839. 
Orson, 138. 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



487 



Oscar, 302, 466, 555. 
Oscar Edmund, 466. 
Oscar F., 641. 
Oswin Wilbur, 688. 
Otis, 121. 
Otis H., 557. 
Otis Pinet, 692. 
Otto E., 863. 

Pamela, 94. 

Pamela Augusta, 214. 

Pamelia A., 301. 

Pameiia Wyman, 186. 

Parley, 202, 455. 

Parley Boardman, 843. 

Parthenia, 70. 

Patience, 43, 142, 684. 

Patty, 103, 194, 19s, 
438. 

Paul Adams, 61 1. 

Paul Erank, 870. 

Paulina, 685. 

Penelope, 490. 

Perley, 99. 

Percy Arlington, 931. 

Percy Crumiel, 728. 

Percy Frederick, 780. 

Permelia, 346. 

Persis, 41, 65, 141-3, 
227, 390. 759. 883. 

Persis E., 499. 

Persis Lillian, 692. 

Persis M., 459. 

Peter, 70, 156. 

Peter Hunt, 188, 409, 
412. 

Peter I., [J.?] 360, 730. 

Phebe, 36, 68, 85, 89, 
105, 115, 154, 159, 
171, 190, 202, 204, 
233, 266, 269, 339. 

Phebe A., 492. 

Phebe Ann, 346, 698. 

Phebe Elizabeth, 639a. 

Phebe Foster, 511. 

Phebe Keyes, 495. 

Phebe Maria, 454. 

Phila, 82. 

Philena, 454, 765. 



Philetus D., 471, 861. 

Philip Maury, 1133. 

Philip Nixon, 83^. 

Philip Wilder, 780. 

Philomela (Phila Ame- 
lia), 152, 347. 

Polly, see Mary, 82, 157, 
190, 196, 202, 204, 
219, 224, 227, 233, 
241, 261, 324, 332, 
346. 347. 443. 449, 
450, 494. 542. 

Polly Amanda, 156. 

Polly Boynton, 437. 

Polly C, III, 118. 

Polly Jane, 350. 

Porter H., 171, 386. 

Priscilla, III. 

Priscilla A., 819. 

Prudence, 41, 498. 

Rachel, 55, 70, 72, 89, 
129, '92. 215, 293, 

30', 754- 
Rachel A., 293. 
Rachel D., 191, 422. 
Rachel F., 641. 
Rachel Randall, 622. 
Rachel White Capen, 

6.7. 
Ralph Everett, 758. 
Ralph Stone, 1 192. 
Ralph Tenney, 868. 
Randall, 301, 643. 
Ray Carlcton, 843, 1 189. 
Raymond Fogg, II74, 

1269. 
Rebecca, Rebekah, 243, 

300, 384, 452, 461, 

473. Appendix. 
Rebecca Bailey, 747. 
Rebecca Buell, 237. 
Rebecca C, 483. 
Rebecca Elizabeth, 

300. 
Rebecca Elvira, 333. 
Rebecca Jessie, 538. 
Rebecca M., 566. 
Rebecca Maria, 503. 



Rebecca Susannah, 1 02 1. 
Rebecca Withington, 

554- 
Rebekah Louise, 243. 
Read, 726. 
Reed, 228, 503. 
Reuben, 69, 90, 153, 

206, 224, 225, 494. 
Reuben Hart, 153, 353. 
Reuben P., 493, 891. 
Reuben Williams, 334, 

691. 
Reynolds, 75. 
Rhoda, 89, 176, 341, 

703, 864. 
Richard, 81, 175, 663. 
Richard Stockton, 984. 
Rizpah, 62, 133. 
Robert, 1,2, 3,6, 14, 15, 

39. 41, 62, 98, 220, 

487. 
Robert Clinton, 1082. 
Robert Allen, 220. 
Robert Clisbe, 1065. 
Robert Converse, 846, 

1191. 
Robert P'rank, 1007. 
Robert Gray, 276. 
Robert Hale, 952, 1 245. 
Robert Haskell, 1 142. 
Robert J., 1207. 
Robert James, 1091. 
Robert Law, 515, 921, 

1218. 
Robert M., 587. 
Robert McBurney, 1075. 
Robert Robinson, 746, 

1 142. 
Robert Stanley, 1 1 74. 
Robert William, 134, 

301,302,641. 
Robert Willson, 609. 
Rollin Charles, 235. 
Rosa Tubbs, 822. 
Rosaline Augusta, 118. 
Rose A., 819. 
Rosella, 354. 
Rosella Jane, 1091. 
Rosella Stanley, 354. 



/ , 



488 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Rosetta, 701. 

Rosetta E., 525. 

Rosilia, 133. 

Rosina Polly, 375. 

Rowena, 626. 

Roxa, 363. 

Rosaline Augusta White, 

273-. 
Roxaline, 156. 
Roxaline Emeline, 156. 
Roxana Emeline, 156. 
Roxanna, 160, 339, 418. 
Roxanna Harriet, 793. 
Roxy, 368. 
Roy, 934. 
Roy James, 679. 
Royal Augustus, 240, 

532. 
Royal Gardner, 170, 

379- 

Royal H., 383, 755. 

Rufus, 56, 58, 82, 98, 
116, 127, 174, 180, 
201, 210, 266, 449, 
464,836,857,1181. 

Rufus King, 452, 840. 

Rufus N., 501, 911. 

Rufus Nichols, 213, 476. 

Ruhama, 255, 418. 

Russell Beers, 375, 749. 

Russell Douglas, 688. 

Russell Weaver, 1021. 

Ruth, 6, 10, II, 13, 22, 

27. 30. il, 48, 55. 69, 
91, 100, 117, 153, 163, 
190, 203, 253, 257, 
264, 495, 504, 548, 
940, 975- 

Ruth Brown, 117. 

Ruth C, 725. 

Ruth Eddy, 461. 

Ruth Estella, 551. 

Ruth Ellen, 1065. 

Ruth Henrietta, 638. 

Ruth Kingsley, logi. 

Ruth Maria Josephine, 
668^. 

Ruth Mary, 853. 

Ruth Sears, 722. 



Ruth White, 617. 
Rutherford Hayes, 1 140. 

S. Fanny, 851. 

S. Gertrude, 920. 

S. Jennie, 857. 

S. Maria, 356. 

Sahara, 364. 

Sabra, 174, 944. 

Sabra B., 391. 

Salina, 145, 160. 

Salina Almira, 364. 

Sally, see also Sarah, 
140, 144, 145, 148, 
151, 164, 168, 176, 
194, 195, 215, 216, 
236, 237, 245-7, 252, 
280, 320, 429, 436, 
437. 438, 481, 50 ', 
543- 

Sally Black, 140. 

Sally Davis, 186. 

Sally Harris, 226. 

Sally Moore, 499. 

Sally P., III. 

Sally Rebecca, 499. 

Sally Thompson, 451. 

Sally Wright, 150. 

Salmon, 148, 342, 705. 

Salmond Newell, 496. 

Salome, 895. 

Samuel, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 
19, 20, 21, 26, 31, 42, 
45, 49. 52. 60, 75, 83, 

93, 100, 112, 113, 120, 
124, 129, 130, 145, 
185, 188, 194, 195, 
213, 224, 231, 253, 
258, 286, 399, 428, 

436, 439, 493, 566, 
814, 967. 
Samuel Amasa, 147, 

Samuel Austin, 161. 
Samuel Brooks, 568, 

996. 
Samuel Edward, 517. 
Samuel Guernsey, 152, 

348. 



Samuel French, 399, 765. 
Samuel H., 226. 
Samuel Judson, 510. 
Samuel Lane, 563, 991. 
Samuel Pecker, 548, 

967. 
Samuel Tyler, 213, 478. 
Sara, Sarah, Sally {see 
a/w Sally), 1, 2,3, 5, 6, 
8,9,12,14,16,20,23, 
29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 
40, 4', 43. 44, 45, 47. 
51, 52, 56, 65, 66, 69, 
73, 74, 80, 84, 85, 86, 
87, 90, 96, 99, 102, 
103, 107, no. III, 
113, 120, 126, 127, 
132, 142, 145, i45«, 
153, 176, 190, 192, 
204, 211, 227, 228, 
234, 235, 252, 261, 
266, 329, 334, 348, 
404. 413. 414, 438, 
442, 455. 496. 501. 
535, 551. 700, 909, 
958, 974- 
Sarah A., 247, 391, 539, 

652, 726, 746, 901. 
Sarah Abbie, 497. 
Sarah Abby, 899. 
Sarah Allen, 220. 
Sarah Amelia, 643. 
Sarah Ann, 220. 
Sarah Arvilla, 527. 
Sarah Augusta, 539. 
Sarah B., 391. 
Sarah Baxter, 273. 
Sarah Burnap, 204. 
Sarah C, 505, 584, 595. 
Sarah Caroline, 563, 622. 
Sarah Cook, 252. 
Sarah Cordelia, 582. 
Sarah E., 143, 404, 418, 
494,522,705,894,928. 
Sarah Elizabeth, 156, 
163, 206, 437, 469. 
481, 893. 
Sarah Eliza, 528, 961. 
Sarah Ellen, 903. 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



489 



Sarah Elvira, 419. 
Sarah Emma, 795. 
Sarah Eva, 842. 
Sarah Frances, 946. 
Sarah H., 967. 
Sarah Hitchcock, 622. 
Sarah Isabel, 525^. 
Sarah J., 51 1. 
Sarah Jane, 328, 406, 

466, 473, 517. 
Sarah L., 545. 
Sarah Louisa, 817. 
Sarah Louise, 514, 923. 
Sarah Lovina, 334. 
Sarah Lucy, 475. 
Sarah M., 356,471, 825. 
Sarah Maria, 222, 262, 

526, 894. 
Sarah P., 409. 
Sarah Putnam, 248. 
Sarah R., 342. 
Sarah S., 218. 
Sarah Scovill, 374. 
Sarah Smead, 461. 
Sarah Sophia, 205. 
Sarah Stevens, 218. 
Sarah Stone, 237. 
Sarah T., 476. 
Sara Vanderlip, 515. 
Sarah W., 513, 566, 822. 
Sarah Wheeler, 567. 
Sarah Wilhelmina, 518. 
Scovill Sturgis, 375, 747. 
Seeley, 286, 625. 
Sclden, 148, 237, 339, 

527, 698. 

Selden Noyes, 153, 351. 

Seth, 175. 

Sevelia, 339. 

Seward Lincoln, 379, 

7SI- 
Seymour S., 286, 624. 
Sheldon, 167. 
Sidney, 148,339. 5<0- 
Sidney Augustus, 532. 
Silas, 33, 35, 75, 86, 87, 

90, 196, 198, 199, 207, 

211, 236, 441, 443, 

444. 446, 523- 



Silas A., 441. 

Silas Austin, 207, 470. 

Silas G., 523. 

Silas Parkhurst, 192, 

423- 
Silena M., 731. 
Silence Swift, 273. 
Simeon, 130. 
Simeon Brooks, 130, 

296. 
Simon, 15, 105, 43, 44. 
Solomon, 98, 409. 
Sophia, 133, 187, 205, 

210. 355. 472- 
Sophia Adelaide, 421. 
Sophia Caroline, 303. 
Sophia Eleanor, 617. 
Sophia Gleason, 422. 
Sophia H., 636. 
Sophia M., 268, 664, 

805. 
Sophia Tryphena, 191. 
Sophronia, 150, 288. 
Sophronia M., 805. 
Sophronia Russell, 698. 
Spencer Hervey, 1207. 
Stanley A., 1229. 
Stephen, 49, 171, 204, 

Stephen J., 171, 383. 

Stephen L., 755. 

Stephen Rice, 147, 332, 
686. 

Stillman, 494. 

Stillman F., 895. 

Sukey, 95. 

Sumner J., 733. 

Susan, Susanna, Susan- 
nah, I, 3, 4, 8, II, 30, 

3'.37. 73.93. 95. '25, 
138, 144, 164, 175, 
185, 192, 195, 215, 

3 '9. 334. 449. 503. 
546, 581, 696, 705, 

837- 
Susan Adelaide, 896. 
Susan Adela, 1060. 
Susan Agnes, 588. 
Susan Benson, 796. 



Susan Blake, 517, 931. 
Susan Collins, 700. 
Susan Cornelia, 272. 
Susan E., 806, 965. 
Susan Eliza, 696. 
Susan Elizabeth, 262, 

264. 
Susan Fannie, 851. 
Susan Frances, 242. 
Susan Gleason, 457. 
Susan Irene, 342. 
Susan J., 702. 
Susan Jane, 394. 
Susan Lucretia, 457. 
Susan M., 423, 440, 502, 

580, 587. 
Susan Maria, 265. 
Susan Moseley, 336. 
Susan P., 383, 755. 
Susan R., 864. 
Susan Raymond, 616. 
Susan S., 851. 
Susan Waite, 774. 
Susan Wheeler, 119. 
Susannah, 144, 164, 195, 

see also Susan. 
Susannah Wright, 243. 
Susie Lavinia, 811. 
Sybil Ann, 814. 
Sylvester, 76, 147, 171, 

334- 
Sylvester Lauren, 691. 
Sylvia, I45«, 286, m, 

342, 537- 
Syrena, 210. 

T. Luella, 760. 
Tabitha, 42, lOO, 102. 
Tarrant, III, 248. 
Tarrant Putnam, III, 

112, 252, 556. 
Temperance, 340. 
Teresa Beatrice, 607. 
Teresa Lovering, 607. 
Thaddeus, 46. 
Thankful, 471. ' 
Thatcher, I43, 316. 
Thcodosia, 1 51. 
Theodore B., 1220. 



490 



INDEX TO MERRIAMS 



Theodore Eames, 954. 

Theodore F., 250, 551. 

Theodore H., 736. 

Theodore Haskell, 857. 

Theodore W., 1227. 

Theophilus, 9, 23. 

Theron, 145, 320. 

Theron G., 320. 

Thirza, 281. 

Thirza Jane, 620. 

Thirza Rowley, 1065. 

Thomas, 2, 6, 15, 30, 42, 
69, 93, 102, 120, 152, 
163, 191, 212, 228, 
350. 475, 482, 502, 
724i, 865. 

Thomas D., 298, 638. 

Thomas Gowen, 216, 
482, 483, 877. 

Thomas Jefferson, 686. 

Thomas Josephus, 539. 

Thomas Oakley, 927, 
1222. 

Thomas Penfield, 155, 

357- 
Thomas Spencer, 213, 

479- 
Thomas Wheeler, 262. 
Thomas Wilder, 227, 

498. 
Timothy, 18, 48, 51, 

III, 118, 190, 247, 

252. 
Timothy Foster, see 

Foster Timothy. 
Timothy Harrison, 247, 

546. 
Timothy O., 419, 796a. 
Townsend Scott, 984. 
Truman, 333, 689. 
Tryphena, Triphena, 

82, 118, 191, 684. 

Una, 852. 

Una Frances, 851. 

Uree, 731. 

Uri, 160, 365. 

Uri E., 365. 

Un W., 733. 



Useba, 471. 
Useba S., 471. 

Vara Heaton, 11 20. 

Vera, 639. 

Vernon William, 937, 

1229. 
Victor Zelotes, 381. 
Victoria Annette, 989. 
Virginia Alice, 384. 
Virginia L., 400. 
Virginia Palmer, 610. 
Virginia Sanders, 303. 

Waldo, 274, 604. Ap- 
pendix. 

Waldo W., 726. 

Wallace, 940. 

Wallace B., 351, 726. 

Wallace Webster, 654. 

Walter Bertrand, 570, 
999. 

Walter E., 847. 

Walter Eugene, 548, 
968. 

Walter Edwin, 668. 

Walter G., 773, 1 149. 

Walter Galen, 602, 1045. 

Walter H., 693, 710. 

Walter Henry, 703. 

Walter Herbert, 313. 

Walter Hippeau, 653, 
1077. 

Walter Joseph, 746, 

II43- 
Walter N., 909. 
Walter R., 641. 
Walter Ratchford, 134, 

301, 642. 
Walter Robert, 950, 

1240. 
Walter Scott, 522. 
Walter Spooner, 811. 
Walter William, 1149. 
Walton Greenough, 264, 

584. 
Walton Harlow, 966, 

1250. 
Ward Gerry, 422. 



Ware, 274. 
Warren, 451. 
Warren S., 1261. 
Willard, 33, 80, 314, 

501, 530, 664, 940. 
Willard Davis, 351, 725. 
Wilder Dexter, 11 71. 
Welles, 984. 
William, i, 2, 4, 5, 

9, 10, II, 13, 26, 

27. 30, ih 35, 36, 
46, 55, 60, 62, 63, 68, 
83, 85, 89, 109, 115, 
129, 136, 147, 150, 
163, 174, 185, 187- 
193, 203, 210, 214, 
231, 234, 263, 293, 
298, 324, 335, 344, 
346, 370, 390, 392, 
407, 418, 420, 424, 
426, 461, 491, 523, 
525", 525*, 582, 618, 
689, 705, 711, 724, 
760, 790, 792, 797, 

1 153- 
William A., 419, 760, 

796*. 
William Antonio, 645. 
William Atwood, 220, 

487. 
William Augustus, 199, 

448, 536, 950- 
William Ayer, 737, 11 25. 
William Bancroft, 437. 
William Bellamy, 109, 

243- 
William Clesson, 1 182. 
William Clark, 515, 922. 
William D., 859. 
William E., 203, 383, 

461, 754, 855. 
William Edward, 410. 
William Ellis, 855. 
William Elmer, 774. 
William F., 209, 566. 
William Francis, 557. 
William Frank, 577, 

1007. 
William Gaines, 263. 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



491 



William Gridley, 130, 

297- 
William H., 317, 348, 

355. 403. 773. '243- 
William Harrison, 464, 

855. 
William Harvey, 385. 
William Havelock, 302. 
William Henry, 303, 

406, 409, 492, 517, 

775. 928. 
William Holmes, 424. 
William Huffman, 271, 

598. 
William Jackson, 244, 

539- 
William James, 740. 

William K., 6^4. 

William L., 862, 867. 

William Lathrop, 552. 

William Loring, 775. 

William M., 154, 250, 

355. 552- 
William McE., 133. 
William Morris, 636. 
William Morrison, 552. 
William Nelson, 457, 

842, 1 188. 
William Newell, 4 1 3, 

785. 
William Noyes, 354. 
William P., 471,' 859. 



William 


Parker, 420, 


William Wheeler, 264. 


797fl. 




Willie, 895. 


William 


Powers, 931. 


Willie Whipple, 844. 


William 


Prince, 153, 


Willis Bungay, 1 196. 


352- 




Willis Gaylord, 170, 


William 


Quintard, 742, 


382. 


^^33- 




Willis Henry, 851, 


William 


R-, 332, 335. 


1 196. 


686. 




Willis Noyes, 351. 


William 


Ralph, 847. 


Willis Sedgwick, 746, 


William 


Royce, 370. 


I 140. 


William 


Rush, 952, 


Wilson Abel, 422. 


1243. 




Wilson Robert, 1 141. 


William 


S., 598. 


Wilton Harlow, 966, 


William 


Smith, 351. 


1250. 


William 


Stewart, 448, 


Winnifred Early, 1207. 


834- 




Winthrop Harvey, 967, 


William 


Strong, 243, 


1252. 


537- 




Wright Stockwcll, 202, 


William 


T., 209, 229, 


460. 


706. 




Wynona, 911. 


William 


Thatcher, 142, 




312. 




Zadoc, 86, 195, 197, 


William 


W., 584. 


^ 438- 


William 


Wallace, 309, 


Zara Searles, 684. 


652. 




Zelotes Doddridge, 1 70, 


William 


Walloo, 264. 


381. 


William 


Ward, 263, 


Zelotes I'itch, 170. 


581. 




Zenaida, 1076. 


William 


Warriner, 617. 


Zcra, 1 60, 364. 


William 


Wayne, 155, 


Zeruiah, 91, 211. 


359- 




Zita Gertrude, 870. 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



Abbott, 90, 231, 260. 

Achorn, 328. 

Adams, 56, 57, 74, 103, 
112, 144, 154, 160, 
162, 177, 178, 242, 
267, 278, 351, 356, 
426. 

Addison, 264, 267. 

Aldrich, 59. 



Alexander, 368. 

Allen, 54, 153,222,247, 

385. 398- 
Alvord, 308. 
Ames, 331. 
Anderson, 354. 
Andress, 182. 
Andrews, I2I, 124, 196, 

234. 235. 



\ 



Annibic, 85. 
Annwell, E., 347. 
Appleton, 29, 57. 
Armstrong, 113. 
Arnold, 330. 
Athcrton, 215, 249. 
Atkinson, 218. 
Atwater, 86-88, 334. 
Auger, 198. , -- 



492 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



Augustin, 318. 
Auringer, 340. / 
Austin, 84, 86, 127, 182, 

44+- 
Ayer, 348. 
Axdell, Axtell, 37, 38. 

Babcock, 150, 214. 

Backus, 116, 186. 

Bacon, 253, 271. 

Badger, 445. 

Bagg, 187. 

Bailey, 132, 168, 191, 

220, 322. 
Baker, 43, 44, 252, 255, 

378, 384, 435- 
Baldwin, 123, 128, 437. 
Ball, 45, 72, 105, 106, 

217. 
Ballard, 82, 177. 
Bancroft, 90, 237. 
Barnard, 149, 377. 
Barnes, 165, 178, l8l, 

203, 241, 267. 
Barney, 368. 
Barr, 199. 

Barrett, 69, 226, 277. 
Bartholomew, 80, 112, 

182, 183. 
Bartlett, 399. 
Barton, 216, 217, 230. 
Bassett, 234. 
Batchelder, Batcheller, 

74. 103. 145. 162, 

178. 
Bateman, 37, 38, 40. 
Bates, 280. 
Battles, 387. 
Baxter, 175. 
Beach, 129. 
Beadell, 79. 
Beaman, 105. 
Beard, 245. 
Beardsley, 211. 
Beaumont, 398. 
Beckwith, 87, 208. 
Beecher, 210. 
Beers, 213. 
Belden, 336. 



Bellamy, loi. 

Bellows, 238. 

Bemis, 227. 

Benham, 84, II I. 

Benjamin, 169. 

Bennett, 138, 329, 362. 

Benoit, 367. 

Benson, 361, 438. 

Berger, 374. 

Berkey, 118. 

Berry, 49, 58, 59, 64, 82, 

86. 
Best, 297. 
Bethany, 211. 
Betterley, 268. 
Bidweli, 163. 
Bigler, 281. 
Binney, 171. 
Bishop, 197, 198, 209. 
Black, 336. 
Blackwell, 134. 
Blair, 121, 189. 
Blake, 262. 
Blakesley, 61. 
Blamire, 168. 
Blanchard, 49, 193, 392. 
Blethen, 1 19. 
Blish, 125. 
Blodget, 234. 
Blood, 73, 169, 230. 
Boardnian, 371. 
Bolster, 437. 
Bond, 75. 
Bonel, 438. 
Borsham, 392. 
Boston (name), 281. 
Botsford, 210. 
Bottsford, 120. 
Boutelle, 390. 
Bovie, 273. 
Bowen, 244, 327. 
Bowers, 315, 417. 
Bowker, 156. 
Bowman, 139. 
Boyd, 241. 
Boyden, 146. 
Boynton, 140. 
Brackett, 367, 392, 437. 
Bradford, 120. 



Bradley, 82, 338, 421. 

Bradstreet, 159. 

Brandeth, 445. 

Brandt, 424. 

Brainerd, 211. 

Bray, 276. 

Breed, 42, 59, 60. 

Brett, 127. 

Brewer, Bruer, 53, 69, 
151. 

Brewster, 188. 

Bridges, 402. 

Briggs, 226. 

Brigham, 108. 

Brightman, 293. 

Brockway, 131. 

Bronaugh, 259. 

Bronson, 130, 212, 424. 

Brooks, 47, 55, 56, 74, 
90, loi, 104, 105, 165, 
169, 197, 251, 275, 
288. 335, 381. 

Broughton, 233. 

Brown, Browne, 41, 66, 
106, 119, 156, 165, 
174, 181, 184, 201, 
202, 231, 237, 247, 

269, 353. 360, 388, 

416. 
Brown, John, 381. 
Brush, 285. 
Bryant, 384, 429. 
Buck, 184. 
Buckingham, 199. 
Buell, 157, 357. 
Bulkeley, 40. 
Bull, 221. 
Bullard, 396. 
Bullen, 235. 
Bump, 410. 
Bungay, 433. 
Bunnell, 126, 210, 337, 

348. 
Burbank, 247, 393. 
Burge, 141. 
Burgess, 38, 119. 
Burleigh, 440. 
Burlingame, 176. 
Burnap, 93. 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



493 



Burnell, i lo. 

Burnet, Burnett, 67, 93, 

196, 234. 
Burnham, 374. 
Burnside, 393. 
Burrage, 62, 226. 
Burroughs, 58. 
Burton, 164, 168. 
Burtrer, 397. 
Bush, 321. 
Buss, 40. 
Butler, 60. 
Butman, 172. 

Caldwell, 90, 381. 
Callihan, 402. 
Camp, 336. 
Canipe, 117. 
Candee, 122. 
Cannon, 197. 
Canton, 253. 
Capcn, 306. 
Capron, 352. 
Carpenter, 2 1 8, 262, 33 1 , 

332- 
Carr, 291. 
Carruth, 178 
Case, 102, 215, 236, 243. 
Caswell, 407. 
Catlin, 81. 
Ctntcrton, 215. 
Champney, 165. 
Chandler 57, 319 
Chapman, 303, 350. 
Chase, 149, 267. 
Cheever, 49, 136. 
Cheney, 156, 166, 223, 

369, 393- 
Chester, 212. 
Childs, 127, 260, 261. 
Chittenden, 41, 267. 
Christie, 168. 
Claflin, 70, 97. 
Clapp, 178, 304,415. 
Clark, Clarke, 93, 149, 

153. 176, 183, 194, 

195, 208, 238, 255, 

316, 344, 372. 
Clinc, 315. 



Clisbe, 311, 417. 
Cobb, 235. 
Cobleigh, 263. 
Coburn, 155, 159, 232, 

257- 
Coffin, 228. 
Cole, 185, 259. 
Coleman, 392, 397. 
Coles, 126. 
Colley, 379. 
Collins, 187, 336, 339. 
Colvin, 357. 
Coman, 293. 
Combe, 118. 
Comstock, 193. 
Conant, 68, 99, 1 55, 157, 

166, 258, 411. 
Condon, 202. 
Conic, 361. 
Conkey, 276. 
Constans, 443. 
Converse, 78, 238, 337. 
Conway, 427. 
Cook, Cooke, 128, 136, 

'37. '43. '48, 166, 

188, 222. 
Cool, 359. 
Coombs, 391. 
Cooper, 46, 219. 
Cope, 335. 
Corcoran, 328. 
Cornell, 302. 
Cornthwait, 241. 
Corwin, 41. 
Cory, 167. 
Cotton, 317, 389. 
Coubrough, 291. 
Couch, 271, 337. 
Countryman, 200. 
Cowell, 152. 
Cowles, 82, 85, 314. 
Crain, 310. 
Crane, 84, 285. 
Crawford, 317. 
Crittenden, 357. 
Crocker, 151. 
Crosby, 73, 191, 232, 

338. 
Crousc, 256. 



Crowl, 97. 
Cummins, 237. 
Cummings, 238, 341. 
Cunningham, 191, 377. 
Curtis, 115, 197, 207, 

225. 351. 363- 
Cutler, 53,93, 181, 271. 
Cutting, 70, 71. 

Dakin, 106. 

Dale, 118. 

Daley, 372. 

Danforth, 68. 

Daniels, 79. £i».vij 

Darling, 106, 158. • 

Davidson, 184, 190, 237. 

Davis, 55, 71, 73, 100, 

158, 253, 262, 282, 

283, 297, 344, 368, 

403, 422, 437. 
Dawson, 358. 

Day, 39, 41, 124, 261. - - 
Dayton, 125, 212. 
Deal, 92. 
Dean, 1 54. 
Decrow, 399. 
De Lano, 400. 
Denel, 193. 
Dening, 336. 
Dennis, 2o8. 
Denny, 94. 
Denton, 387. 
Derby, 265. 
Derrickson, 1 17. 
Devine, 220. 
Dewey, 208, 348. 
Dexter, 2 1 6, 243, 256. 
Diamond, Dimon, Di- 

mond, 208, 257, 292. 
Dickerson, 209. 
Dickinson, 173. 
Dike, 148. 
Di.xon, 131, 178. 
Doane, 344. 
Dodge, 146. 
Donnell, 203. 
Doolittle, 198, 224. 
Dorr, 232. 
Dorrison, 223. 



ij'»- 



494 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



Douglas, Douglass, 82, 
103, 122, 183, 258, 

333- 
Dowd, Doud, 88. 
Downey, 424. 
Downing, 379. 
Downs, 216. 
Doyle, 413. 
Draper, 442. 
Drew, 148. 
Drury, 255. 
Dudley, 97, 380. 
Dugald, Dugle, 44, 49. 
Dunster, 104. 
Duprea, 402. 
Durgin, 166, 192. 
Durkee, 370. 
Dustin, 355, 383. 
Dutcher, 205. 
Dutton, 51^131, 339. 
Dwinell, 355. 

Ealer, 351. 
Eastman, 270, 365. 
Eaton, 54, 200, 227, 382. 
Eddy, 67, 93, 94, 142, 

146, 239, 250, 261. 
Edgar, 244. 
Edmonds, 44. 
Edwards, 70. 
Eells, 118. 
Eggleston, 272, 345. 
Eldridge, 204. 
Eliot, Elliot, 139, 140, 

230, 265. 
Ellis, 143, 148, 375. 
Emerson, 132. 
English, 361. 
Ernhout, 203. 
Estabrook, 38. 
Eustis, 90. 
Evans, 83, 293. 
Evarts, 128. 
Everett, 257. 

Fairfield, 250. 
Fairhurst, 205. 
Fairman, 242. 
Falconer, 224. 



Farmer, 271, 427. 
Farnsworth, 193, 252. 
Farr, 267. 

Farrar, 47, 58, 72, 120. 
Farrell, 264. 
Farrington, 109. 
Fassett, 109. 
Faulkner, 173. 
Fay, 102, 300, 356. 
Fenn, 85, 129. 
Fenner, 347. 
Fenton, 265. 
Ferris, 123, 332. 
Fessenden, 98, 152. 
Field, 221. 
Fife, 96. 
Fifield, 404. 
Filmorc, 441. 
Finley, 294. 
Fish, 112, 268. 
Fisher, 107, 108, 364. 
Fisk, Fiske, 77, 101, 200, 

304- 
Fitch, 91, 231, 311. 
Fitts, 67, 118, 214. 
Flagg, 163, 255. 
Fletcher, 45, 56, 137, 

.89. 
Flmt, 36, 105, 137, 335. 
Floyd, 43, 423. 
Flye, 356. 

Flynn. 353- 
Fogg, 365. 
Follansbie, 334. 
Forbes, 94, 145. 
Ford, 258. 
Forest, 285. 
Forsyth, 376. 
Foskett, 252, 383. 
Foss, 240, 241. 
Foster, 82, 155, 197, 

223.224.343.355.358- 
Fowle, 154. 
Fowler, 336. 
Fox, 47, 55, 58. 
P'oxcroft, 90, 91. 
Francis, 176, 427. 
Franklin, 174, 370. 
Frazer, 281. 



Free, 121. 

French, 40, 129, 166, 

217, 223, 284. 
Frost, 212. 
Frye, 264. 
Fuller, 92, 138,225,244, 

262, 302, 363. 

Gage, 296. 
Gale, 296. 
Galpin, 126, 198. 
Gallman, 425. 
Garfield, 173. 
Garland, 229. 
Garone, 121. 
Garretson, 332. 
Gates, 47, 58, 246, 388. 
Gault, 314. 
Gerould, 286. 
Gerrish, 43. 
Getchell, 373.^ 
Gibbons, 209. 
Gibson, 253. 
Gibbud, 336. 
Giddings, 204. 
GifFord, 439. 
Gilkey, 405. 
Gillett, 200. 
Gillette, 340. 
Gillis, 138. 
Gilman, 174. 
Gleason, 66-68, 94, 95, 

107, 108, 137, 237. 
Goddard, 162, 274. 
Godfrey, 108. 
Goldsmith, 32, 89. 
Goldstone, 32, 33. 
Goodale, 359. 
Goodnow, 133, 143. 
Goodrich, 198, 267. 
Goodsell, 125. 
Goodwill, 198. 
Goodwin, 134,225,421. 
Gordon, 106, 120, 192, 

287, 390. 
Gore, 342. 
Gorham, 399. 
Gosnel, 419. 
Goss, 150, 183, 215. 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



495 



Gould, 356. 
Gove, 37, 38. 
Gowen, Gowing, I49. 
Graham, 178, 329, 

360. 
Grannis, 122. 
Grant, 299. 
Graves, 98, 241. 
Gray, 143, 430. 
Green, 102, 222, 263, 

265, 298, 324. 
Greenough, 430. 
Greenwood, 227. 
Gregg, 265. 
Gregory, 173, 293, 339, 

397- 
Gridley, 127. 
(Griffin, 236. 
GriHith, 370. 
(iriswold, 204, 205. 
Groesbeck, 429. 
Grout, 74. 
G rover, 120. 
Grovner, 109. 
Guthrie, 189, 259. 
Guernsey, Gurnsey, 88, 

124, '29. 339- 
(5uild, 298. 
Gulliver, 408. 
Gurney, 190. 
Gwynn, 342. 

Hablett, 31. 

Hadlcy, 109, 219. 

lladlock, 106. 

Hale, 267. 

Hall, 38, 76, 77, 107, 

126, 145, 376, 385. 
Hamilton, Hamelton, 

41, 119, 248. 
Hancock, 442. 
Hanforth, 239. 
Hanlan, 320. 
Hanner, 401. 
Hansen, 370. 
Hapgood, 236. 
Harding, 234. 
Harland, 323. 
Harlow, 276, 403. 



Harmon, 409./ 
Harrington, 74, 171,1 83, 

343. 385- 
Harris, 153, 155, 171. 
Han, 51, 63, 123, 182, 

321. 
Hartwell, 89, 107, 366. 

Appendix. 
Harvey, 430. 
Harwood, 54, 242. 
Haskell, 287, 376, 427. 
Haskins, 1 13. 
Hastings, 134, 144, 214, 

285, 354- 
Hatch, 33-35, 106, 136, 

137, 148, 166. 
Hatfield, 184, 186, 318, 

319- 
Hathaway, 2CH3. 
Hatstatt, 142. 
Haven, 313. 
Havens, 277. 
Hawes, 276, 300. 
Hawks, 60, 220. 
Hawley, 74, 298. 
Hayden, 400. 
Hayes, 116, 209, 22i, 

244. 273, 347- 
Hayncs, 64, 285. 
Hayward, 72, 73, 103. 
Hazen, 422. 
Headly, 73. 
Hearsey, 228. 
Heath, 120, 182. 
Heaton, 346. 
Helm, 214. 
Hemingway, 414. 
Henchman, sec Hinkes- 

man. 
Henderson, 228, 386. 
Hendricks, 61. 
Hendry, 125. 
Herrick, 278, 363. 
Hersey, 227. 
Hibbard, 193. 
Hicks, 242. 
Higginbotham, 213. 
Hill, 104, 124, 199, 229, 

261, 285, 365, 394. 



Hilliard, 376. 
Hills, 87, 107, 150. 
Hilman, 387. 
Hindes, 439. 
Hindman, 102. 
Hinkesman, 36, 40. 
Hippeau, 323. 
Hitchcock, 136, 180, 

241. 
Hoagland, 352, 378. 
Hoar, 68, 76, 77, 166. 
Hobbs, 232. 
Hoben, 319. 
Hobson, 251. 
Hodgman, 160. 
Hoffmann, 200. 
HolbcTt, 375. 
Holdtn, 143. 
Holemback, 204. 
Hollis, 141. 
Holliston, 109. 
Holmes, 1 17, 226. 
Holt, 286. 

Holton, 242, 286, 356. 
Homan, 443. 
Hone, 418. 
Hooker, 215, 423. 
Hooper, 31, 32. 
Hopkins, 214, 317, 332. 
Horton, 334, 358. 
Hosley, 307. 
Hosmer, 41, 75, 98. 
Hotchkiss, 79, 82, III, 

112, 114, 183, 207. 
Hough, 62, 64, 82, 120, 

'23- 
Houghton, 163. 
Howard, 72, 213, 306. 
Howe, How, 31, 32, 42, 

101, '05,338,383- 
Howell, 124. 
Howland, i 54. 
Hoyt, 265. 
Hubbard, 337. 
Hudson, 94, 133, 151, 

215, 216, 224. 
Huffman, 174. 
Hulbert, Hurlburt, 188, 

241, 320. 



496 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



Hull, Hulls, 6i, 63, 84, 

87. 
Humes, 332. 
Humphrey, 31, 203, 214, 

258, 346. 
Humphreys, 429. 
Hungerford, 89. 
Hunt, 56, 57, 73, 211, 

402. 
Hunter, 200. 
Huntington, 248. 
Huntoon, 315. 
Hurd, 264. 
Hatchings, Hutchins, 

145. 199- 
Hyde, 211, 340. 

Inglish, 271. 

Inman, 317. 

Isbell, 336. 

Ismon, Ismond, 161, 

272. 
Ives, 51, 62, 82, 84. 

Jacobs, 214. 

Jackson, 119, 250, 281, 

355- 
Jaques, 175, 299. 
JefFers, 269. 
Jefferson, no. 
Jenkins, 48, 165, 200, 

428. 
Jenks, 44, 425. 
Jenney, 156. 
Jepperson, no. 
Jobbs, 230. 
Johnson, 84, 98, 120, 

129-131, 276, 288, 

349, 368, 393. 
Jones, 42, 71, 97, 100, 

107, n2, 124, 159, 

168, 192, 207, 268, 

361, 372, 389, 422- 
Jordan, 223. 
Judkins, 119. 

K;ine, 309. 
Kathrens, 106. 
Kauffman, 212. 



Kay, 124. 

Keeler, 158, 266, 407. 

Keene, 424. 

Keezer, 216, 217. 

Keith, 258. 

Kelley, 378. 

Kelsey, 156. 

Kendall, 150, 157, 209, 
381. 

Kendrick, 91. 

Kenney, 188. 

Kenmore, 319. 
Kenneson, 257. 
Kent, 178. 
Kenvvorthy, 139. 
Keyes, 70, 251, 420. 
Kidder, 316. 
Kilburn, 388. 
Kimball,! 62. Appendix. 
Kimberly, 128. 
King, 235, 287, 405. 
Kmgsbury, 106. 
Kingsley, 421. 
Kinney, 120. 
Kirk, 360. 
Kirkham, ^07. 
Kirkwood, 294. 
Kitchen, 257. 
Knapp, 230, 347, 357. 
Knight, 220. 
Knights, 149. 
Knowlton, 299. 
Koch, 310. 
Koopman, 114. 
Kruger, 120, 332. 

Ladd, 300, 395. 
Laflin, 109. 
Laidlaw, 261. 
Lamb, 236, 248, 370, 

380. 
Lamberton, Minn., 395. 
Lamson, 113. 
Lander, 327. 
Landon, 339. 
Lane, 72, 161, 283, 284. 
Langley, 276. 
Lamed, 239. 
Lathrop, 279. 



Latte, 202. 

Lawrence, 107, 192, 197, 
244, 376, 401, 411. 
Appendi.v. 

Lawton, 55, 307. 

Learned, 408. 

Le Brun, 108. 

Le Clair, 193. 

Le Fey, 335. 

Le Roy, 213. 

Leach, 349. 

Leavitt, 216. 

Lechford, i^, 58, 347. 

Lee, 347, 413. 

Leitner, 100. 

Leiand, 132, 161-16^, 
384, 428. 

Lewis, 82, 165,280,378, 
.388, 389. 

Ligonier, 244. 

Lincoln, 96, 149. 

Linville, 295. 

Lippmann, 331. 

Lishnian, 434. 

Lisle, 315. 

Little, 301, 304, 412. 

Livermore, 161. 

Lloyd, 1 16. 

Locke, Lock, 66, 67, 93, 

100, 109. 
Long, 204. 
Loomis, 182, 203. 
Loring, 243, 362. 
Lothrop, 137. 
Love, 32. 
Lovell, 94, 95. 
Lovering, 301. 
Lovett, 59. 
Lowe, 385. 
Lower, 345. 
Luberne, 259. 
Luce, 151. 
Lucy, 242. 
Lund, 406. 
Lusk, 64, 249. 
Lyman, 165, 322. 
Lyon, 59, 60, 418. 
Lyons, 113, 114. 
Lytchett, 194, 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



497 



McClellan, 220. 
MacClure, 51. 
McCulloch, 113, 200. 
McCurdy, 143. 
Mc Duffy, 114. 
McElwain, 392. 
McEwen, 146. 
McGregor, 113. 
McGowan, 409. 
Mclntyre, 161, 393. 
Mackay, 117. 
McKenna, 401. 
McKinley, 436. 
McKinstry, 177. 
McLain, 440. 
McLauthlin, 422. 
McLcish, 343. 
McMahon, 362. 
McMinn, 218. 
McMinnville, 283. 
McNaier, 416. 
McNamara, 162. 

McNeil, 373. 

Macomber, 391. 

McRobcrts, 185. 

Man, Mann, 275, 309, 
410. 

Manee, 262. 

Mansfield, 435. 

Manville, 131. 

Marble, 47, 58. 

March, 162. 

Marsh, 78, 238, 270, 
406. 

Marshall, 262. 

Martin, 112. 

Marvin, 94. 

Mason, 6b, 386. 

Massie, 192. 

Mather, 83. 

Matthews, 50, 256. 

Mattocks, 361. 

Maury, 424, 425. 

Maxwell, 385. 

May, 132. 

Mayfield, 315. 

Maynard, 135. 

Mayo, 274, 369. 

Mead, 261. 



Meader, 132. 
Melvin, 106. 
Merrill, 172. 
Merriman, 62, 85. 
Merwin, 198. 
Messer, 89, 285. 
Middlewich, 289. 
Miles, 85, 287. 
Miller, 84, 194,217,228, 

245. 254, 330. 389- 
Mills, 205. 

Miner, 209, 429. 
Minott, 154, 256. 
Mirick, 105, 238. 
Mitchell, 257, 274. 
Mix, 84, 210. 
Moffit, 142. 
Moir, 309. 
Monroe, 263. 
Montague, 368. 
Moore, 233. 
Moores, 148, 190. 
More, 279. 
Morehouse, 241. 
Morgan, 209, 277. 
Morris, 185. 
Morrison, 286, 410. 
Morse, 78, 136, 146, 192, 

246, 273. 
Morton, 163, 232; 
Moshier, 143. 
Moss, 85. 
Moulthrop, 328. 
Moulton, 144, 282. 
Mower, 49. 
Mudge, 92. 
Mugg, 352. 
Munroe, 100, 108. 
Munson, 60. 
Murchic, 414. 
Murdoch, Murdock, 

>54. 172. 356- 
Murray, 203, 395. 
Muzzy, 70, 71. 
Myers, 108, 416. 
Myrick, 282. 

Nash, 205. 
Neal, 117, 327. 



Newell, 63. 
Newhall, 150. 
Newman, 332. 
Newton, 340. 
Nichols, 95, 144, 146, 

147, 388. 
Nicholson, 169,202, 203. 
Nixon, 141. 
Norcross, 72. 
Norris, 158. 
Norwood, 282. 
Noyes, 124, 285. 
Nurse, 162. 
Nye, 132. 

Oak, 229. 
Ober, 233. 
Ogden, 295. 
O'Hara, 158, 267. 
Olcott, 81. 
Oley, 322, 325. 
Olin, 264. 

Olmstead, 268, 305. 
O'Neil, 195. 
Ordway, 385. 
Osborn, 125, 391. 
Osgood, 240, 282. 
Otis, 344. 

Packard, 357. 

fage, 73. loz, 128, 133. 
169, 217. 

Palmer, 352, 427. 

Pangborn, 326. 

I'annenburg, 205. 

Park, 97. 

Parker, 50, 63, 85, 105, 
129, 130, 140, 170, 
219, 224, 267, 275, 

387- 
Parkhurst, gi, 138, 233. 

Parks, 69, 316. 

Parsons, 87, 108, 142, 

196, 2'3. 435- 
Partree, 129. 
Partridge, 146, 249, 254. 
Patch, 338. 
Patterson, 214. 
Paynter, 184. 



498 



INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



Peabody, 92, 141, 159. 

Peacock, 229, 397. 

Pearce, 316. 

Pease, 426. 

Peck, 115, 206, 314, 346. 

Pecker, 277. 

Pelton, 308. 

Pennell, 2U. 

Penney, 113. 

Penniman, 59, 60. 

Perley, 270. 

Perkins, 61,64, 117, 211, 

383- 
Perry, 178, 193, 234, 

356- 
Peterson, 191, 350. 
Pettis, 114, 185, 319. 
Phelan, 379. 
Phelps, 149. 
Phinney, 186. 
Phelps, 183. 
Philbrick, 219. 
Phillips, 355. 
Phipps, 89. 
Pickett, 140. 
Pierce, 70, 109, 137, 143, 

253, 284, 288. 
Pike, 219, 301, 440. 
Piper, Pyper, 31, 32. 
Pine, 113. 
Pitts, 161. 
Plummet, 94, 188. 
Poland, 387. 
Pollard, 57. 
Porter, 89, 203, 242. 
Post, 415. 
Potter, 49, 261. 
Powers, 49, 157, 264. 
Pratt, 67, 93, 141, 143. 
Prentice, Prentiss, 94, 

102. 
Prescott, 173, 254, 325, 

365- 
Preston, 215, 244, 364, 

441. 
Price, 178, 279. 
Pride, 134. 
Priest, 388. 
Proctor, 272. 



Probston, 200. 
Puffer, 91,99, 154, 252. 
Putnam, 92, 102, 103, 
148, 234. 

Ramsdell, 60. 
Rand, 116, 161, 325. 
Randall, 168, 313. 
Raven, 36. 

Ray. 434- 
Rayburn, 268. 
Raymond, 256, 310. 
Read, see also Reed, 

Reid, 345, 417. 
Reath, 355. 
Reed, see also Read, 

Reid, 101,112,159, 345. 
Reeve, 201. 
Reid, see also Read, 

Reed, 368. 
Remington, 184. 
Renouf, 136, 137. 
Rennell, 435. 
Rexford, 361. 
Rhoads, Rhodes, 59, 60, 

63, 82. 
Rice, 64, 82, 84, 86, 87, 

119, 122, 126, 127, 

156, 198, 206, 336. 
Rich, 123, 146, 363. 
Richards, 378. 
Richardson, 71, 103, 

219, 231, 248. 
Richmond, 336. 
Riddle, 404. 
Rigbe or Rigsby, 55, 56. 

R'ggs, 341- 

Ripley, 365. 

Robbins, 122, 158, 194, 

364, 367- 

Roberts, 119, 329. 

Robertson, 428. 

Robinson, 51, 59, 121, 
208, 212, 216, 217, 
281, 351, 381, 402. 

Rochdale, 144. 

Rockwood, 247. 

Rogers, 273, 410. 

Rolf, Rolph, 262, 387. 



Romero, 392. 
Roohall, 193. 
Root, 125,245,332. 
Rose, 418. 
Rosebush, 1 21. 
Rosenthal, 441. 
Ross, 184, 223. 
Rothbun, 273. 
Rouse, 377. 
Rowe, 81, 329, 353. 
Rowley, 312. 
Royce, Roys, 64, 1 27, 

181, 210. 
Ruck, Rucke, 33, 34, 41, 

244. 

Rugg. 294- 

Ruliffron, 125. 

Runell, 266. 

Rush, 392. 

Russell, 52, 53, 65, 140 

265, 309. ii(^- 
Rust, 441. 

Sadler, 285. 
St. John, 438. 
Sandband, 210, 211. 
Sargent, 432. 
Saunders, 232. 
Savage, 221, 338. 
Sawtell, 70, 71. 
Sawyer, 189, 363. 
Sayer, 342. 
Sayward, 120. 
Schamel, 396. 
Schenck, 96. 
Schultz, 374. 
Schuyler, 118. 
Scidmore, 398. 
Scotchford, 37, 38, 40, 

41- 
Scott, 323. 
Scovill, 87. 
Seals (Searles), 331. 
Seamans, 167. 
Searl, 113. 
Seaverns, 263. 
Sedgwick, 129, 213. 
Seeley, 361. 
Seguire, 121. 



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499 



Severance, 1 1 8. 
Seward, 365. 
Seymour, 209, 406. 
Sharon, 287. 
Sharp, 50. 
Shaw, 105, 439. 
Sheafe, 39, 41. 
Sheffield, 250. 
Shepard, Sheppard, 

Shepherd, 4^, 55, 108, 

126. 
Sherbrooke, Que., 394. 
Sherman, 73. 
Sherwood, 346. 
Shook, 172. 
Shorty, 272. 
Shumway, 144, 371. 
Shurtleff, 90, 206. 
Sherman, 263. 
Sibley, 163, 238, 380. 
Silloway, 396. 
Simonds, 92, 133, 170, 

384, 436- 

Simmons, 408. 

Skiff', 202. 

Skinner, 132, 169, 300, 
;»6, 334, 366. 

Slate, 221. 

Slater, 151. 

Slocum, 99. 

Small, 362. 

Smcad, 239. 

Smcdlcy, 40. 

Smith, 80, 118, 216, 
258,-260, 275, 286, 
326, 332, 369, 410, 
414, 416, 431, 443. 

Snow, 117,202,230,434. 

Somes, 294. 

Soper, 58. 

Sorcn, 176. 

Sotolingo, 309. 

Soule, 314. 

Souther, 190. 

Sparhawk, 46, 257. 

Spaulding. 54, 120, 364. 

Speare, 234. 

Spencer, 94, 130, 259, 
33^- 



Spinney, 394. 
Spooner, 96. 
Sprague, 415. 
Spring, 211, 304. 
Sprout, 197. 
Sproenhle, 326. 
Spurrier, 207. 
Stacy, 124. / 

Stanbury, 194. / 
Stanley, 195. 
Stanton, 355. 
Staples, 441. 
Starbuck, 394. 
Stearns, 45, 58, 154. 
Steele, 272. 
Steen, 445. 
Stetson, 133. 
Stevens, 150, 236, 395, 

407. 
Stevenson, 341, 381. 
Stewart, 278, m. 
Stiles, 159. 
Stilley, 348. 
Stinson, 395. 
Stockwell, 94, 142, 237, 

, 361. 

Stone, 44, 46, 70, 73, 99, 

135. '47. '94, 433- 
Storey, 191. 
Stow, Stowe, 45, 46, 53, 

56, 74, 75, 124, 142. 
Stranahan, 343. 
Stratton, 423. 
Streeter, 237. 
Strickler, 273. 
Strong, 166. 
Stroup, 354. 
Stuart, 223, 277. 
Streni, 175. 
Sturtevant, 444. 
Stylman, 27. 
Sugden, 209. 
Sullivan, 225, 226, 246, 

379- 
Sumner, 180. 
Swan, 105. 

Tailler, see also Taylor, 
40. 



Tainter, 144. 
Talmage, 348. 
Tannatt, 375. 
Tatman, 246. 
Taylor, 38, 54-56, 1 43, 

189. 349- 
Teel, 132, 353. 
Temple, 162, 169. 
Thatcher, 83. 
Thayer, 174, 358. 
Thomas, 246. 
Thompson, 163, 234, 

235. 338- 

Thorp, 206. 

Thrall, 200. 

Thasher, 131. 

Tibbals, 195. 

Tillinghast, 285. 
I inkham, 369. 

Tobcy, 96. 

Todd, 86, 122, 197.333- 

Tolman, 61. 

Towie, 268. 

Towne, 37, 398. 

Townes, 154. 

Tracy, 361. 

Trask, 275. 

Treat, 2 10. 
Truax, 215. 

Tuel, 67. 

Tubbs, 366. 

Tucker, 199, 439, 443. 

Tufts, 365. 

Tupper, 259. 

Turner, 117, 135, 145. 

Tustin, 201. 

Tuttle, 181. 

Twambly, 124. 

Twin Oaks (San Mar- 
cos), 322, 324. 

Tvifiss, igi. 

Twitchell, 388. 

Upham, 254. 
Urban, 383. 

Vail, 182. 

Van Dyck, 205. 

Van Epps, 208. 



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INDEX, OTHER NAMES 



Vanderbilt, 167. 
Vanderlip, 260. 
Van der Voort, 269. 
Varney, 368. 
Vaughan, 158, 439. 
Vausant, 259. 
Vinal, 363. 

Wadlin, 1 19. 
Wadsworth, 74, 102. 
Waite, Waitt, 134, 156, 

157- 
Walker, 117, 150, 215, 

223, 276, 350, 359. 
Wallach, 446. 
Walton, 131, 281. 
Walz, 243. 
Ward, 382, 427. 
Ware, 135, 136, 153, 

175, 176, 222, 223, 

253. 358, 359. 4U- 
Warner, 115, 220, 306, 

371- 
Warren, 98, 104, 136, 

247, 255, 274, 352. 
Washburn, 143. 
Watson, 145, 184, 222, 

243: 
Whittingham, 239. 

Way, 323. 
Weaver, 112, 413. 
Webb, 49, 266, 313. 
Webber, 168, 271. 
Webster, 81, 185, 320. 
Webster's Dictionary, 

304-7, 311-13. 
Weeks, 308, 311. 
Weinman, 324. 
Wells, 202, 342. 
Welton, 211. 
Wendell, 165. 



Wentworth, 141, 286. 
West, 37,38,40, 41,282, 

344. 433- 
Weston, 81, 106. 
Westren, 433. 
Wetherbee, 90, 161. 
Wharton, 88. 
Wheat, 267. 
Wheeler, 36, 40, 41, 46, 

47. 52, 54, 55. 57. 5^. 
74-77, 100, 103, 107, 
167, 168, 177, 254, 

283. 3I5- 
Wheelock, 432. 
Whipple, 102. 
Whitcomb, 68. 
White, 119, 254, 295, 

303. 362, 393. 401. 
Whiting, 57. 
Whitney, 70, 71, 98, 152, 

160, 190, 252, 256, 

386. 
Whitacher, 198. 
Whittaker, 170. 
Whittemore, 303. 
Wiggin, 310. 
Wilde, 325. 
Wilder, 99, 149, 220, 

274, 325. 431, 444- 
Wildes, 420. 
Wilkins, 92, 368, 388. 
Willard, 36, 339. 
Wilier, 41. 
Williams, 122, 195, 269, 

H-'i, 43'>. 441- 
Willis, 134, 332. 
Willmer, 167. 
Willson, 272, 302, 400. 
Wilmore, 405. 
Wilmot, 367. 
Wilson, 104, 112, 114, 



139, 172, 195, 224, 

261, 424. 
Winslow, 263. 
Winship, 66, 90. 
Winter, 381. 
Winthrop, Me., 382. 
Wise, 165. 
Withey, 181. 
Wolcott, 417. 
Wolf, 332. 
Wolfer, 432. 
Wood, 45, 112, 153, 169, 

171, 361, 384, 388, 

39°- 
Woodbury, 236. 
Woodford, 334, 335. 
Wooding, 210. 
Woodman, 138. 
Woodruff, 198, 211, 215, 

316. 
Woods, 191, 307. 
Woodstock, 352. 
Woodward, 135. 
Woolf, 406. 
Worcester, 407. 
Work, 178. 
Wort, 82. 
Wright, 75, 123, 206, 

269, 369. 
Wymble, 27. 
Wyman, 98, 171, 298. 

Yale, 82, 85, 87. 
Yocomb, 207. 
Youmans, 121. 
Young, 76, 240, 340, 

347. 369- 
Younglove, 405. 

Zeigler, 426. 
Zellar, 340. 



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